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History · Grover Hill

Grover Hill’s post office opened in 1889, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1900.

1889first post office
0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Grover Hill began

When was Grover Hill founded?

1889

The Grover Hill post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Gilberts Mills (1871), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 655 in 19002020 census: 382137 years
Founding year: the first Grover Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Grover Hill’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 Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19093 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1973. Watch Grover Hill change.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1899 to 1913, drew every building in Grover Hill.Old housesHalf of Grover Hill’s homes were built before 1964.
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Start Grover Hill’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grover Hill’s history is told.

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On the map

Grover Hill on the map, 1909 to 1973

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

Grover Hill on the 1909 USGS mapGrover Hill on the 1960 USGS mapGrover Hill on the 1973 USGS map1909Continental 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 Hill.

Every building

Grover Hill, building by building, 1899–1913

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 year, then a sheet.

Grover Hill fire insurance map, 1899, sheet 11899Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story

How Grover Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grover Hill.

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Grover Hill was a boomtown, created as a stop on the railroad. A comprehensive history of the town and nearby communities was self-published by Laurence R. Hipp, a longtime resident of Grover Hill.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Grover Hill, 1871 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Gilberts Mills post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Gilberts Mills post office closes
  4. 1889Post officeThe Grover Hill post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Grover Hill, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Grover Hill post office 458492015Grover Hill post office 45849Grover Hill Fire Department2015Grover Hill Fire DepartmentGrover Hill Elementary School2015Grover Hill Elementary SchoolGrover Hill Bible Baptist Church2015Grover Hill Bible Baptist ChurchMap of Paulding County Ohio Highlighting Grover Hill Village2015Map of Paulding County Ohio Highlighting Grover Hill …MapOHMap-doton-Grover Hill2004OHMap-doton-Grover Hill
People over time

Grover Hill, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 676

Between 382 and 676 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grover Hill

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

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Kory LichtensteigerAmerican football player · b. 1985
John Randolph SpearsAmerican writer · b. 1850
Walter HintonAmerican aviator · b. 1888
Jesse B. JacksonUnited States Consul, witness of the Armenian G… · b. 1871
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Brent MasonAmerican musician · b. 1959
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Harry L. ConnOhio Jurist · b. 1867
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Grover Hill’s post office has been open since 1889. Another post office, Gilberts Mills, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gilberts Mills
1871–1889
Grover Hill
1889–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Grover Hill’s history

What year was Grover Hill founded?

The Grover Hill post office opened in 1889, 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 (6), Wikipedia, 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.