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Welcome to Oak Grove ...

Oak Grove is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Oak Grove: Oak Grv.

Oak Grove is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Oak Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 197 communities that are also named Oak Grove - they are located in Alabama (16), Arizona, Arkansas (16), California (8), Colorado, Delaware (3), Florida (8), Georgia (11), Illinois (4), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (7), Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (5), Minnesota, Mississippi (6), Missouri (5), Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina (12), Ohio, Oklahoma (5), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), South Carolina (8), Tennessee (30), Texas (9), Virginia (9), West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Grove.

Websites for Oak Grove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Oak Grove, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Oak Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Grove.

  • Easton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <3>
  • Phillipsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Phillipsburg is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
  • Doylestown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilson is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,784 people
  • Lambertville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
  • New Britain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
  • New Hope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Dublin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dublin is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <3>
  • Richlandtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oak Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Grove ...

Looking for more information about Oak Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oak Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oak Grove.

Adding Oak Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oak Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oak Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oak Grove post office opened in 1857. The Oak Grove post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Hunterdon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/