Apple Grove, Ohio

Apple Grove, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Apple Grove, Ohio
Coordinates: 38°53′12″N 81°52′03″W / 38.88667°N 81.86750°W / 38.88667; -81.86750Coordinates: 38°53′12″N 81°52′03″W / 38.88667°N 81.86750°W / 38.88667; -81.86750
Country United States
State Ohio
County Meigs
Elevation 600 ft (200 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 740
GNIS feature ID 1060825[1]

Apple Grove is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio, United States.[1]

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]

Notable person

Notes

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


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