Pilot Grove, Iowa | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Iowa#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pilot Grove |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iowa##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lee |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 643 |
Coordinates: | 40.7628°N -91.5369°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 52648 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 460145[1] |
Pilot Grove is an unincorporated community in northern Lee County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads northwest of the city of Fort Madison, the county seat of Lee County.[2] Its elevation is 643 feet (196 m).
Although Pilot Grove is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52648,[3] which opened on May 1, 1837. There has not always been a Pilot Grove post office since that date: it was discontinued on June 30, 1894, and when it was reestablished on August 7, 1895, it was under the name of Overton. The name was not restored to Pilot Grove until March 19, 1908.
Pilot Grove was laid out in 1858.[4] Its population in 1925 was 65.[5] The population was 65 in 1940.[6]
Pilot Grove is part of the Fort Madison - Keokuk, IA-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.