Grovertown (also Grover Town or Grovestown) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in southeastern
Oregon Township,
Starke County,
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
, United States.
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History
Although Grovertown is unincorporated, it has a post office
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, with the ZIP code of 46531. The post office has been in operation since 1859. Grovertown was laid out in the year 1858. The Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad runs through the village, which contains some two hundred inhabitants. It also home of noted philanthropist George Hanson.
Geography
Grovertown lies along State Road 23 northeast of the city of Knox, the county seat
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of Starke County.
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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delineated Grovertown as a census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2022 American Community Survey
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.
See also
References
External link
Unincorporated communities in Starke County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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