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Grove City (other)
Grove City is the name of several places in the United States of America: * Grove City, Florida * Grove City, Illinois * Grove City, Minnesota * Grove City, Ohio * Grove City, Pennsylvania ** Grove City College Grove City College (GCC) is a private, conservative Christian liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1876 as a normal school, the college emphasizes a humanities core curriculum and offers 60 majors and si ...
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Grove City, Florida
Grove City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2020 census, up from 1,804 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area. History Grove City was platted in 1886. A post office was established at Grove City in 1887, and remained in operation until 1910. Geography Grove City is located in western Charlotte County at (26.911966, -82.324933). It is bordered by Englewood to the north and by Manasota Key to the west across Lemon Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. Rotonda West is to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Grove City CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 39.54%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,092 people, 1,045 households, and 659 families residing in the CDP. The population dens ...
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Grove City, Illinois
Grove City is an unincorporated community in Christian County, Illinois, United States. It lies at . It has been rumored that Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were American outlaws who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, committing a ser ... used a house in Grove City as a hideout while running from the law. The house still stands today, however, it is in very poor condition. The Grove City Methodist Cemetery is located in Mount Auburn Township. Frank P. Sadler (1872–1931), Illinois state senator and lawyer, lived on a farm near Grove City.'Honor Orations-University of Michigan-Oratorical Association,' Thomas C. Trueblood-editor, University Oratorical Association, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 1895, Frank P. Sadler, pg. 33-39 References Unincorporated communities in Christian County, Illinois Unincorporated communit ...
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Grove City, Minnesota
Grove City is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 624 at the 2020 census. History In 1870, the St. Paul and Pacific Railway came to Acton Township and built the Acton Station east of today's Grove City. There was also a post office one mile north called "Swede Grove". The different locations caused confusion, and the people convinced the railroad to move the station to present-day Grove City. Grove City was incorporated in 1878. In naming the town, "Grove" was chosen from Swede Grove, and "City" represented the citizens' hope for the town's future. A post office called Grove City has been in operation since 1879, having moved from north of the town. The post office was among the first businesses. Other early businesses included four grocery stories, two hardware stores, four filling stations, two hotels, two lumberyards, two banks, two blacksmiths, a barrel factory, a feed mill, and four grain elevators. There were five saloons, a pool hall ...
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Grove City, Ohio
Grove City is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1852, it is a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. The population was 41,252 at the 2020 census. History Until the mid-19th century, the area that is now Grove City was a wilderness filled with oak, beech, maple, walnut, Cornus, dogwood and other trees. The area's first European settler, Hugh Grant, operated a gristmill in Pittsburgh and transported excess goods down the Ohio River for sale, returning to Pittsburgh on foot. On one of these trips, he passed through the Scioto River, Scioto Valley region and in 1803, purchased the land that would become Grove City and returned with his wife Catharine to start a new life. Grove City's official founder, William F. Breck, bought 15.25 acres of the farm owned by Hugh Grant Jr., son of the first settler in Jackson Township, Franklin County, Ohio, Jackson Township, then added 300 more acres intended for farming. Breck's original plan changed when he realized the pote ...
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Grove City, Pennsylvania
Grove City is a borough in southeastern Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, located approximately north of Pittsburgh and south of Erie. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,894. It is part of the Hermitage micropolitan area. It is the home of Grove City College, a private liberal arts college, as well as George Junior Republic. The nearby Grove City Premium Outlets take their name from Grove City. Historically an industrial center, Grove City has manufactured locomotive engines, carriages, gas engines, foundry products, and motor trucks. History left, Grove City in 2024, photographed from 2000ft above the ground. In 1798, Valentine Cunningham and his family from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania settled along Wolf Creek, building a gristmill with fellow American Revolutionary War veteran and settler Robert Glenn on the creek in 1799 and naming the area Pine Grove. About a mile north, another community was drafted surrounding a gristmill, named Slabtown. In t ...
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