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History · Grover

Grover’s post office opened in 1889

Most of Grover was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1921 on.

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How Grover began

When was Grover founded?

1889

The Grover post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 481137 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.

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

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How Grover came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grover.

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The first settlement at Grover was made in 1885. A post office called Grover has been in operation since 1889. The community was named after Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Grover, decade by decade

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On the map

Grover on the map, 1921 to 1980

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 1921 USGS mapGrover on the 1980 USGS map1921Afton sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grover.

Questions about Grover’s history

What year was Grover founded?

The Grover post office opened in 1889, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.