Do you know of Cherry Grove ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cherry Grove. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cherry Grove.<1>
Our sources for Cherry Grove (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cherry Grove other than they indicate that Cherry Grove would be found somewhere in Preston County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1909 and closed in 1914.
Communities Also Named Cherry Grove ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Cherry Grove.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Cherry Grove.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cherry Grove [Pendleton County].
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cherry Grove [Putnam County].
- Pendleton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Limestone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cherry Grove [Limestone County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Cherry Grove.
- Arkansas
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cherry Grove [Grant County].
- Georgia
- Gwinnett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cherry Grove [Gwinnett County].
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cherry Grove [Montgomery County].
- Kentucky
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cherry Grove [Grant County].
- Louisiana
- Allen Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cherry Grove [Allen Parish].
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cherry Grove [Prince George's County].
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cherry Grove [Fillmore County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cherry Grove [Suffolk County].
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cherry Grove [Caswell County].
- Columbus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cherry Grove [Columbus County].
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cherry Grove [Clermont County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cherry Grove.
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Cherry Grove [Washington County].
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cherry Grove [Huntingdon County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cherry Grove [Warren County].
- Tennessee
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cherry Grove [Benton County].
- Virginia
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cherry Grove [Rockingham County].
- Suffolk City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cherry Grove [Suffolk City].
- Washington
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Cherry Grove [Clark County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cherry Grove ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cherry Grove:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Preston County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Preston County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Cherry Grove could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |