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Welcome to Seagrove (aka 'Seagrave') ...

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

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

Seagrove would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seagrove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Seagrove is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Seagrove was located: 614

The community of Seagrove has also been called Seagrave.

Communities Also Named Seagrove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Seagrove - they are located in North Carolina and Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Seagrove ...

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

  • Columbus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dublin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
  • Grove City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
    • Grove City is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <4>
  • Westerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
    • Westerville is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <4>
  • Reynoldsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hilliard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Gahanna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pickerington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitehall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
    • Whitehall is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,908 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <4>
  • Pataskala
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pataskala have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataskala
    • Pataskala is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,010 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pataskala <4>

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

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

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

Adding Seagrove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seagrove in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Seagrove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Seagrove post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seagrove.

The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Seagrove, 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 Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seagrove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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