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Welcome to Shady Grove ...

Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shady Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Shady Grove: Shady Grv.

Shady Grove is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shady Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Shady Grove: 865

Communities Also Named Shady Grove ...

While we believe that this Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County, we know of another 16 Tennessee communities named Shady Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Coffee, Crockett, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Hickman, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Lincoln, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam, Sevier, Trousdale and White County.

Beyond Tennessee, 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, South Carolina (4), 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.

  • Kodak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clevenger
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Cook Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Morristown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Sevierville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dyers Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Jefferson City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Oakland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Oakland is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
  • Newport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shady Grove ...

Looking for more information about Shady Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Shady Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shady Grove.

Adding Shady Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shady Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections 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.<4>

From that list, the Shady Grove post office opened in 1879. The Shady Grove post office closed in 1910.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shady Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/