Welcome to Spring Grove ...

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

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

Spring Grove would have been located within present day Laurens County<2>.

The location of Spring Grove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1820.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Grove: Spring Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spring Grove is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Spring Grove still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Spring Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Spring Grove - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Spring Grove ...

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

• Greenwood
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
• Newberry
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
  • Newberry is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry <5>
• Laurens
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurens
  • Laurens is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurens <5>
• Clinton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,304 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Ware Shoals
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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  • Ware Shoals is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,152 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ware Shoals <5>
• Ninety Six
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninety Six
  • Ninety Six is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ninety Six <5>
• Cross Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hill
  • Cross Hill is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross Hill <5>
• Waterloo
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Waterloo is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <5>
• Silverstreet
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverstreet
  • Silverstreet is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverstreet <5>
• Hodges
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
  • Hodges is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodges <5>

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

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

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

Adding Spring Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spring Grove post office opened in 1820.

We also found Spring Grove in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Laurens County: www.laurenscountysc.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/