Shady Grove is a

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, United States.

History

Shady Grove was settled in the 1850s. It soon got a post office but closed in 1866. A Baptist church was built in the mid-1860s and was rebuilt in 1896. In the mid-1930s, the church, a cemetery, and a few houses were in the area. These details remained the same in the mid-1960s, even though

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caused most of the residents to move away. By the 1990s it was all but abandoned.

Geography

Shady Grove is located on

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, approximately 10 miles southeast of

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in southeastern Houston County.

Education

Most students in Shady Grove attend the

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. The west side of County Road 4150 is in the

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References

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