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Welcome to Milton Grove ...

Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Milton Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

A typical abbreviation for Milton Grove: Milton Grv.

Milton Grove is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Milton Grove: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Milton Grove ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Milton Grove ...

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

Adding Milton Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Milton Grove post office opened in 1873. The Milton Grove post office closed in 1914.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Milton 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Milton Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Milton 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/