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Welcome to Mosgrove ...

Mosgrove is located in Armstrong County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mosgrove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Mosgrove is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Mosgrove ...

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

  • Vandergrift
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Kittanning
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ford City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Leechburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Freeport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saxonburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • West Leechburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
  • North Apollo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • West Kittanning
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Chicora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mosgrove ...

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

Adding Mosgrove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mosgrove post office opened in 1886. The Mosgrove post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mosgrove.

Footnotes ...

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