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History · Grover

Grover’s post office opened in 1885, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1890.

1885first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

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: 126 in 18902020 census: 802141 years
Founding year: the first Grover post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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.On the map since 19083 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1993. Watch Grover change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grover’s history is told.

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On the map

Grover on the map, 1908 to 1993

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

Grover on the 1908 USGS mapGrover on the 1971 USGS mapGrover on the 1993 USGS map1908Kings Mountain 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 Grover.

The story

How Grover came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grover.

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Grover is classified as a small town where railway and highway routes Interstate 85 and U.S. Route 29 cross the state line between North Carolina and South Carolina. It was previously named Whitaker and legally was in South Carolina. The name change to Grover in 1885 was in honor of President Grover Cleveland. Gingerbread Row, (Cleveland Avenue - NC Highway 226) has an antique look with many restored homes in beautiful colors.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Grover

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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2011
Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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Shiloh Presbyterian Church CemeterySite

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Grover, census by census

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Grew from 126 people in 1890 to 802 in 2020, 6 times over.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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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Andie MacDowellAmerican actress · b. 1958
Thomas SowellAmerican economist, social theorist, political … · b. 1930
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James WorthyAmerican basketball player · b. 1961
Kay HaganAmerican politician · b. 1953
Hassan WhitesideAmerican basketball player · b. 1989
David ThompsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1954

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).

What is on the National Register in Grover?

One place: the Shiloh Presbyterian Church Cemetery (listed 2011).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.