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History · Mulberry Grove

Mulberry Grove’s post office opened in 1834, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Mulberry Grove began

When was Mulberry Grove founded?

1834

The Mulberry Grove post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 520192 years
Founding year: the first Mulberry Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Mulberry Grove’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 Mulberry Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Mulberry Grove.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mulberry Grove’s history is told.

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How Mulberry Grove came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mulberry Grove.

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Mulberry Grove has existed under the names Bucktown, Houston and Shakerag. A post office was established in 1834.

In 1841, Mulberry Grove was platted by Francis Gill. Mulberry Grove was incorporated as a village in 1857.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mulberry Grove TownshipIts storyB+Bear Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Mound TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mulberry Grove’s history

What year was Mulberry Grove founded?

The Mulberry Grove post office opened in 1834, 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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.