Do you know of Church Grove ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Church 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 Church Grove.<1>

Our sources for Church 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 Church Grove other than they indicate that Church Grove would be found somewhere in Knox County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1834 and closed  in 1904.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Church Grove ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Church 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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Knox County ...

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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 Knox County.