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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>.

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.<3>.

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

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

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)
  • Newberry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Laurens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ware Shoals
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ninety Six
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterloo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Silverstreet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hodges
    (17 miles [27.4 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 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.

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 Spring 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 Laurens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring 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 Spring Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Spring 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/