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Welcome to Rural Grove ...

Rural Grove is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rural Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Rural Grove: Rural Grv.

Rural Grove is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rural Grove: 518 & 838<3>

Websites for Rural Grove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountyny.com/

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

Communities near Rural Grove ...

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

  • Amsterdam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gloversville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Johnstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cobleskill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fort Plain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Canajoharie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Johnsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Middleburgh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hagaman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Broadalbin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rural Grove ...

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

Adding Rural Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rural 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 Rural Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rural Grove post office opened in 1872. The Rural Grove post office closed in 1905.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rural Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Rural Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Rural Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/