Grove Park is an unincorporated community in

Alachua County, Florida Alachua County ( ) is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. The county seat is Gainesville, the home of the University of Florida. History Prehistory and ear ...

, United States, on

Florida State Road 20 State Road 20 (SR 20) is a east-to-west route across northern Florida and the Florida Panhandle in the United States. Route description Okaloosa County (Niceville and Bluewater Bay) SR 20 starts at SR 85 in Niceville as John Sims Parkwa ...

west of Hawthorne. Grove Park was established in the early 1880s on the

Florida Southern Railway The Florida Southern Railway was a railway that operated in Florida in the late 1800s. It was one of Florida's three notable narrow gauge railways when it was built along with the South Florida Railway and the Orange Belt Railway. The Florida ...

. 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 wide streets were laid out in a rectangular grid, and were graded. The post office was opened in 1883, and closed in 1958.

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Unincorporated communities in Alachua County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{AlachuaCountyFL-geo-stub