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Welcome to Elm Grove ...

So far, we found very little information about Elm Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elm Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elm Grove, please Contact Us.


Elm Grove would have been located within present day Pike County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elm Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for Elm Grove: Elm Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Elm Grove is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Elm Grove was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Elm Grove was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Elm Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Elm Grove: This one is located in Pike County and the other is located in Hancock County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 30 communities that are also named Elm Grove - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (7), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Elm Grove ...

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

  • Waverly City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waverly City is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
    • Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
  • Waverly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piketon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Peebles
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bainbridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Rarden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sinking Spring
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • Otway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Camp is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp

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

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

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

Adding Elm Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elm 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 Elm Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Elm Grove post office opened in 1871. The Elm Grove post office closed in 1984.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Elm Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elm Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Elm Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Elm Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/