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Welcome to Grosvenor ...

Grosvenor is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Grosvenor is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grosvenor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

Grosvenor is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Grosvenor lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Grosvenor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Grosvenor - they are located in Michigan, Nova Scotia and Ohio.

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

Communities near Grosvenor ...

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

  • Brownwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
    • Brownwood is located in Brown County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,208 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownwood <4>
  • Coleman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Early
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bangs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Santa Anna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Plains
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rising Star
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fry ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
    • Fry is located in Brown County
  • Burkett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Brownwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Brownwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brownwood
    • Lake Brownwood is located in Brown County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grosvenor ...

Looking for more information about Grosvenor? 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 Grosvenor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grosvenor.

Adding Grosvenor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grosvenor 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 for Grosvenor was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Grosvenor in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Grosvenor post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grosvenor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grosvenor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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