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Welcome to Shady Grove ...

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

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

Shady Grove would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shady Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.

A typical abbreviation for Shady Grove: Shady Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Shady Grove is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Shady Grove was located: 864 & 821<4>

Communities Also Named Shady Grove ...

While we believe that this Shady Grove is located in Union County, we know of another 3 South Carolina communities named Shady Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Charleston, Pickens and Sumter County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 106 communities that are also named Shady Grove - they are located in Alabama (8), Arkansas (12), Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (8), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (4), Louisiana (3), Maryland, Mississippi (9), Missouri (4), New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma (4), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (17), Texas (14), Utah, Virginia (7) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Shady Grove ...

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

  • Clinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Whitmire
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jonesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Lockhart
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Carlisle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sedalia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedalia is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
  • Red Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Red Town is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
  • Delta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Delta is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Bishop Town ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop Town is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town

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

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

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

Adding Shady Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shady Grove 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 (so far) for Shady Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Shady Grove post office opened in 1826. The Shady Grove post office closed in 1852.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shady 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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shady 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Shady Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Shady 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/