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Welcome to Grouse ...

Grouse is located in Asotin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grouse, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Grouse is 2,850 feet [869 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Grouse is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Grouse lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Grouse: 509

Communities Also Named Grouse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Grouse - they are located in Idaho, Illinois and Oregon.

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

Communities near Grouse ...

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

  • Troy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Flora ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Flora is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Promise ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
    • Promise is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Anatone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Cloverland is located in Asotin County
  • Maxville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Maxville is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Peola
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola
    • Peola is located in Garfield County
  • Asotin
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Silcott
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silcott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott
    • Silcott is located in Asotin County
  • Waha
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
    • Waha is located in Nez Perce County (ID)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grouse ...

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

Adding Grouse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grouse in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Grouse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grouse post office opened in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grouse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Asotin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grouse - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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