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History · Pine Grove

Half of Pine Grove’s homes were built after 1970

Most of Pine Grove was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1962 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pine 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 Pine Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Grove’s history is told.

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The story so far

Pine Grove, in brief

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

Pine Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 162 at the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 148 to 142 (-4%).

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

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

Pine Grove on the map, 1962 to 1996

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

Pine Grove on the 1962 USGS mapPine Grove on the 1987 USGS mapPine Grove on the 1996 USGS map1962Wapinitia 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 Pine Grove.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pine Grove

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

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River PhoenixAmerican actor and musician (1970–2026 · b. 1970
Greg WaldenAmerican politician · b. 1957
Jacoby EllsburyAmerican baseball player · b. 1983
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Virginia AdmiralAmerican painter and poet · b. 1915
Clifton N. McArthurAmerican politician · b. 1879
Nicholas J. SinnottAmerican politician · b. 1870
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Oak Grove Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pine Grove’s history

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.