Official Name: | Grosvenor, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Grosvenor |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brown |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1,519 |
Coordinates: | 31.8822°N -99.15°W |
Area Code: | 325 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1378390 |
Grosvenor is an unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had no population estimates in 2000. It is located within the Brownwood, Texas micropolitan area. Mayor Kade Minshew
Grosvenor was named for Ohio U.S. Representative Charles H. Grosvenor. A post office was established at Grosvenor in 1900 and remained in operation until the mid-1970s. In 1914, the community had three stores and 50 inhabitants. It had between one and two businesses and 42 residents in 1940. The population further declined to 31 in 1980 and had no population recorded in 2000, despite being listed on county maps.[1]
Grosvenor is located on Farm to Market Road 1850, 16miles northwest of Brownwood in western Brown County.[1]
In 1940, Grosvenor had its own elementary school.[1] Today, the community is served by the Bangs Independent School District.