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Welcome to Grooville ...

Grooville is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grooville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Grooville is 1,920 feet [585 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Grooville ...

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

  • Liberty
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Woodridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Margaretville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeffersonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fleischmanns
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Andes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Beaverkill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
  • Lew Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
  • Livingston Manor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Morsston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Morsston is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morsston

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 Grooville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grooville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grooville. 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 Grooville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grooville ...

Looking for more information about Grooville? 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 Grooville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grooville.

Adding Grooville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grooville 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 Grooville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Grooville post office opened in 1906. The Grooville post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grooville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grooville - 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/