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History · Union Grove

Union Grove’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Union Grove was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1970.

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How Union Grove began

When was Union Grove founded?

1890

The Union Grove post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 118 in 19702020 census: 67136 years
Founding year: the first Union Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Union Grove’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Union Grove, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Union Grove yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Union Grove is a town in Marshall County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 67, down from 77 at the 2010 census. In the Civil War the Union troops camped there for some time after passing through Parches Cove. It became known thereafter as Union Grove.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 77 to 67 (-13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the map

Union Grove on the map, 1936 to 1970

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Union Grove. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Union Grove on the 1936 USGS mapUnion Grove on the 1950 USGS mapUnion Grove on the 1970 USGS map1936Guntersville Dam sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Union Grove.

People over time

Union Grove, census by census

0100198020002020Peak: 127

Between 67 and 127 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Union Grove’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Union Grove’s history

What year was Union Grove founded?

The Union Grove post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.