Grove Park, Florida

Grove Park is an unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida, United States, on Florida State Road 20 west of Hawthorne.[1]

Grove Park was established in the early 1880s on the Florida Southern Railway. In 1888, the community had 250 residents, a railroad station, post office, two stores, a hotel, school, church and a saw and planing mill. The 60-to-80-foot (18 to 24 m) wide streets were laid out in a rectangular grid, and were graded.[2][3]

The post office was opened in 1883, and closed in 1958.[4]

References
  1. "Grove Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  2. Ashby, J. W. (1888). "Cities, Towns and Post Offices". Alachua, the Garden County of Florida. New York: The South Publishing Company. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. Webb, Wanton S., ed. (1885). "Alachua County". Webb's Historical, Industrial and Biographical Florida. Part I. New York & Jacksonville, Florida: W.S. Webb and Company. p. 25 – via University of South Florida Libraries.
  4. Bradbury, Alford G.; Hallock, E. Story (1962). A chronology of Florida post offices. Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs. p. 35.

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