Official Name: | Elm Grove, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Image: | Relief map of Texas.png |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Texas |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wharton |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 138 |
Coordinates: | 29.4422°N -96.3258°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 77434 |
Area Code: | 979 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1378254 |
Elm Grove is an unincorporated community at the northern edge of Wharton County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The very small community is situated on Farm to Market Road 2614, (FM 2614) to the south of Eagle Lake, which is in Colorado County.
Elm Grove is located approximately 16miles northwest of Wharton. A 1936 county roadmap noted that there were several homes in the area. By the 1980s there were still two commercial establishments, a few houses, a cemetery, and a church.[1]
Elm Grove is on FM 2614, a distance of 3.3miles to the west of Farm to Market Road 102 (FM 102) at Bonus. The Elm Grove Cemetery is 1.2miles north-northeast of FM 2614 at County Road 267. The addresses in the area all bear the same zip code as Eagle Lake, 77434. FM 2614 crosses the Colorado County line a short distance to the west. Garwood in Colorado County is to the west of Elm Grove, as is the Colorado River.
In 1912, there was a school for African-American children in the community, which was still in existence in 1936.[1] Today, the community is served by the East Bernard Independent School District.