West Grove, Iowa | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Iowa#USA |
Pushpin Label: | West Grove |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Iowa |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Davis |
Government Type: | Township |
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: | 942 |
Coordinates: | 40.7247°N -92.5603°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 462862 |
West Grove is an unincorporated community in western Davis County, Iowa, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 2 west of the city of Bloomfield, the county seat of Davis County.[1] Its elevation is 942 feet (287 m).
West Grove's post office was established as the Weeping Willow post office on 21 June 1852 before being changed to West Grove on 19 February 1856. It was discontinued on 31 August 1959 and attached to the Bloomfield post office. Although its post office is gone, West Grove has its own ZIP Code, 52537,[2] even though the ZIP Code system was not implemented until several years after West Grove's post office was attached to Bloomfield's.[3]
West Grove was laid out as a town in 1853.[4]