Pilot Grove is an

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in northern Lee County,

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, United States. It lies along local roads northwest of the city of

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, the

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of Lee County. Its elevation is 643 feet (196 m).

History

Although Pilot Grove is unincorporated, it has a

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, with the ZIP code of 52648, which opened on May 1, 1837. There has not always been a Pilot Grove post office since that date: it was discontinued on June 30, 1894, and when it was reestablished on August 7, 1895, it was under the name of Overton. The name was not restored to Pilot Grove until March 19, 1908. Pilot Grove was laid out in 1858. Its population in 1925 was 65. The population was 65 in 1940. Pilot Grove is part of the

– Keokuk, IA- MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area {{LeeCountyIA-geo-stub