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Welcome to Spanish Grove ...

Spanish Grove is located in Mecklenburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spanish Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1813.

A typical abbreviation for Spanish Grove: Spanish Grv.

Spanish Grove is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Spanish Grove: 434

Communities Also Named Spanish Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spanish Grove - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Spanish Grove ...

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

  • Chase City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Clarksville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Keysville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Charlotte Court House
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Drakes Branch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Boydton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Scottsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Wylliesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Finneywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spanish Grove ...

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

Adding Spanish Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spanish 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 Spanish Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Spanish Grove post office opened in 1813. The Spanish Grove post office closed in 1835.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Mecklenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spanish 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/