Spencers Grove, Iowa

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Spencers Grove, Iowa
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Spencers Grove, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°17′04″N91°52′09″W / 42.28444°N 91.86917°W / 42.28444; -91.86917 Coordinates: 42°17′04″N91°52′09″W / 42.28444°N 91.86917°W / 42.28444; -91.86917
Country United States
State Iowa
County Benton
Elevation
974 ft (297 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 319
GNIS feature ID464751 [1]

Spencers Grove is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Iowa, United States. [1]

History

Spencers Grove was originally the fruit grove of Abner N. Spencer. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spencers Grove, Iowa
  2. Portrait and Biographical Album of Benton County, Iowa: Containing...biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County...with Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa. Chapman. 1887. p. 280.