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Welcome to Willow Grove ...

So far, we found very little information about Willow Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Willow Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willow Grove, please Contact Us.

Willow Grove would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Willow Grove: Willow Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Willow Grove is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Willow Grove was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Willow Grove was located: 304 & 681<4>

Communities Also Named Willow Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Willow Grove - they are located in Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey (3), New York (3), Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (3), Texas (3), Virginia (2) and Washington.

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

Communities near Willow Grove ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ravenswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ripley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pomeroy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <5>
  • New Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mason
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Syracuse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Racine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Racine is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Racine <5>
  • Hartford City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartford City is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 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 Willow Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willow Grove.

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

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

Adding Willow Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Willow Grove 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 (so far) for Willow Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Willow Grove post office opened in 1872. The Willow Grove post office closed in 1935.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Willow Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Willow Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Willow Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/