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History · Grover

Grover’s post office opened in 1885, and 44% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1920.

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How Grover began

When was Grover founded?

1885

The Grover post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 195 in 19202020 census: 157141 years
Founding year: the first Grover post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Grover’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grover are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grover’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grover’s history is told.

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The story so far

Grover, in brief

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

The Town of Grover is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 157 at the 2020 United States census, a 14.60% increase since the 2010 United States census. Grover is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 137 to 157 (+15%).

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

By decade

Grover, decade by decade

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Grover, Colorado2016Grover, ColoradoGrover Depot2010Grover DepotCOMap-doton-Grover2005COMap-doton-Grover
On the map

Grover on the map in 1982

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grover.

Grover on the 1982 USGS map1982Eaton sheet · 1:100,000

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

Every building

Grover, building by building, 1919

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Grover fire insurance map, 1919, sheet 11919Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Grover, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 195

Between 121 and 195 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grover

Nobody well known was born in Grover itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mildred HarrisAmerican actress · b. 1901
Cynthia LummisAmerican politician · b. 1954
James JohnsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1987
Rensis LikertAmerican statistician · b. 1903
George Clayton JohnsonAmerican writer · b. 1929
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Jim SiedowAmerican actor · b. 1920

Questions about Grover’s history

What year was Grover founded?

The Grover post office opened in 1885, 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 Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.