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History · East Grove Township

East Grove Township’s post office opened in 1839, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

1839first post office
0on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
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How East Grove Township began

When was East Grove Township founded?

1839

The East Grove Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, East Grove (1839), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 245187 years
Founding year: the first East Grove Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about East Grove Township’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 East Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of East Grove Township’s homes were built before 1953.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of East Grove Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Grove Township’s history is told.

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The story

How East Grove Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of East Grove Township.

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East Grove was created from Hamilton Township on November 9, 1864.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

East Grove Township, 1839 to 1951

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe East Grove post office opens
  3. 1839Post officeThe East Grove post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

East Grove Township on the map, 1951 to 1982

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

East Grove Township on the 1951 USGS mapEast Grove Township on the 1982 USGS map1951Amboy sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to East Grove Township

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

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John P. Devineb. 1878
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Bill AndersonAmerican football, basketball, and baseball coa… · b. 1891
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, East Grove, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Armstrong SchoolschoolDaven SchoolschoolDowney SchoolschoolIoder Landing StripairportO'Neill Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Grove Township
CemeteryNathaniel Carter Williams GravesiteSaint Marys

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Ohio TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHamilton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about East Grove Township’s history

What year was East Grove Township founded?

The East Grove Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.