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Welcome to Grove ...

Grove is located in Windham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Grove is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Grove: 802

Communities Also Named Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Grove - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (3), Michigan (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Grove ...

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

  • Greenfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,241 people
  • Brattleboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brattleboro is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
  • Montague
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montague is located in Franklin County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
  • Deerfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Deerfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,049 people
  • Winchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hinsdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hinsdale is located in Cheshire County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinsdale <3>
  • Chesterfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Northfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
  • Putney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Putney is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
  • Vernon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Vernon is located in Windham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grove ...

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

Adding Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grove post office opened in 1884. The Grove post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grove.

Footnotes ...

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