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Do you know of Spring Grove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Spring Grove. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Spring Grove.<1>

Our sources for Spring Grove (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Spring Grove other than they indicate that Spring Grove would be found somewhere in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1828 and closed  in 1910.

Communities Also Named Spring Grove ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Spring Grove.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Spring Grove.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Spring Grove [York County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Spring Grove [Lake County].
    • Georgia
      • Stewart County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Spring Grove [Stewart County].
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Spring Grove [McHenry County].
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Spring Grove [Warren County].
    • Indiana
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Spring Grove [Wayne County].
    • Iowa
      • Des Moines County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Spring Grove [Des Moines County].
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring Grove [Cherokee County].
      • Miami County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring Grove [Miami County].
    • Kentucky
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Spring Grove [Union County].
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Spring Grove [Wicomico County].
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Spring Grove [Allegan County].
    • Minnesota
      • Houston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Spring Grove [Houston County].
    • Missouri
      • Dallas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Spring Grove [Dallas County].
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spring Grove [Columbiana County].
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spring Grove [Hamilton County].
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spring Grove [Richland County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Spring Grove [Providence County].
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Spring Grove [Laurens County].
    • South Dakota
      • Roberts County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Spring Grove [Roberts County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Spring Grove [Chesterfield County].
      • Roanoke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Spring Grove [Roanoke County].
      • Surry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Spring Grove [Surry County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Green Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Spring Grove [Green Lake County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spring Grove ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Spring Grove:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Spring Grove - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Lancaster County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Lancaster County.

AlertLobata
Andrews BridgeLyles
Arcadia 
 Manor
BartMartickville
BehthesdaMartinsville
Belair ParkMast
BinkleyMay
Binkley's BridgeMcCall Ferry
Blossom ValleyMcCaull's Ferry
BrentwoodMeadia Heights
BrubakerMellinger
BruckartsMission Hill
 Mount Vernon
ChiquesMuddy Creek
Clonmell 
ColerainNapierville
Colonial ParkNarron
ConoyNickel Mines
CopenhefferNorthbrook Hills
Country Club EstatesNorwood
Country Gardens 
Cresswell StationOakbottom
CullyOctoraro
 Old Line
DillerOrchard Park
DillervilleOverlook
Disstown 
Dorsey'sPeach Bottom Station
DrinkwaterPeach Bottom Village
DuryeaPeequea Station
 Penn
EarlPequea Creek
East HempfieldPeter's Creek
Eby'sPetersburg
EdisonvillePheasant Hill
EdwinPiquea
EllwerthPittsburgh Valley
EnterprisePleasant Valley
 Prospect Gardens
Fairfield 
Fishing Creek StationRapho
Fishing CreekReamstown Heights
Fite's EddyReinhold's Station
FlorinelReinholdsville
Forest HillsRock
Forest KnollsRockrimmin Ridge
Fox ChaseRowena
Fulton House 
 Salisbury
Glen ManorSalunga - Landisville
GlenolaSchock's Mills
GockleySchool Lane Hills
GreenbankSchool Lane
GreeneSellers
GreenfieldShenk's Ferry
Groff's StoreShocks Mills
 Spotswood
HainesSpring Garden
HancockSusquehanna
Harnish 
HartmanTucquan
Hat 
HertzlerUnion Station
Hess 
HollingerVere Cruz
Horseshoe HeightsVici
HubersVillage of Olde Hickory
 Vita
Junction 
 Watts
Kings BridgeWest Earl
KreadyWest Marietta
 Westbrook
Lake ConewagoWheatland Hills
Landis FarmsWheatland Mills
LaparkWhite Mills Station
Lapp'sWild Cat Falls
LaurelvilleWilliamstown
Leaf ParkWillow View Heights
Leaman Place JunctionWilshire Hills
Ledger 
Liberty SquareYork Furnace

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Spring Grove could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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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