North Grove, Indiana

North Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

North Grove, Indiana
Census-designated place
North Grove
North Grove
Coordinates: 40°36′47″N 85°57′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipHarrison
Area
[1]
 • Total0.13 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Land0.13 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
824 ft (251 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46911 (Amboy)
FIPS code18-54792[3]
GNIS feature ID2830466[2]

History

North Grove was originally called "Moorefield" when it was laid out in 1854 by William North.[4] The name was changed to "North Grove" at about the time the Pan Handle Railroad arrived in the town in 1867.[5] A post office was established at North Grove in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.[6]

Geography

North Grove is located in southeastern Miami County. Indiana State Road 19 passes the northeast border of the CDP, leading northwest 12 miles (19 km) to Peru, the county seat, and southeast 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Amboy. Kokomo is 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the North Grove CDP has an area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.[1] Walnut Creek runs along the eastern edge of the community, leading north to Pipe Creek, which flows northwest to the Wabash River at Lewisburg.

References
  1. "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Grove, Indiana
  3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 610.
  5. Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 197.
  6. "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 22, 2015.


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