Apple Grove, Ohio

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Apple Grove, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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Apple Grove
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Apple Grove
Coordinates: 38°53′12″N81°52′03″W / 38.88667°N 81.86750°W / 38.88667; -81.86750
Country United States
State Ohio
County Meigs
Township Letart
Elevation
600 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
45771 (Racine)
Area code 740
GNIS feature ID1060825 [1]

Apple Grove is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio, United States. [1] Apple Grove lies just across the Ohio River from Millwood, West Virginia.

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History

A post office called Apple Grove was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1938. [2] The community was named for an apple orchard near the original town site. [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Apple Grove, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Meigs County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Stillman Carter (1908). The Pioneer History of Meigs County. Berlin Printing Company. p.  167.
  4. ↑ Warren Miller


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