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
- ^ "Grove Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bradbury, Alford G.; Hallock, E. Story (1962). A chronology of Florida post offices. Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs. p. 35.
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