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Welcome to Holly Grove ...

Holly Grove is located in Upshur County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holly Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

A typical abbreviation for Holly Grove: Holly Grv.

Holly Grove is 1,720 feet [524 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Holly Grove: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Holly Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Holly Grove - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (3), Tennessee (3), Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Holly Grove ...

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

  • Buckhannon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Weston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
  • Womelsdorf
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Huttonsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Alton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Alton is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
  • Beans Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beans Mill is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Mill
  • Hoover Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Town
  • Frenchton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenchton is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchton
  • Goshen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Goshen is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holly Grove ...

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

Adding Holly Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holly 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 Holly Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Holly Grove post office opened in 1883. The Holly Grove post office closed in 1940.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Upshur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holly Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Holly Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Holly Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/