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History · Spring Grove

Spring Grove was first counted by the census in 1890

Most of Spring Grove was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1956. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1890.

1890first census
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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How Spring Grove began

When was Spring Grove founded?

1890

Spring Grove first appears in the census in 1890.

First census: 99 in 18902020 census: 332136 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Spring 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 Spring Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1910 and 1920, then grew 4-fold.Old housesHalf of Spring Grove’s homes were built before 1956.
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Start Spring Grove’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spring Grove’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Spring Grove, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020122 in 1910Low: 76

Lost a third of its people between 1910 and 1920, then grew 4-fold.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

The story so far

Spring Grove, in brief

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

Spring Grove is a town in Wayne Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 332 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 344 to 332 (-3%).

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

By decade

Spring Grove, decade by decade

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On the map

Spring Grove on the map, 1960 to 1981

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

Spring Grove on the 1960 USGS mapSpring Grove on the 1981 USGS map1960Richmond 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 Spring Grove.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Spring Grove Heights

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.

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Questions about Spring Grove’s history

What year was Spring Grove founded?

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

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.