Mountain Grove, Missouri
| Mountain Grove, Missouri | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Nickname(s): show me state | |
 Location of Mountain Grove, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 37°7′56″N 92°15′50″W / 37.13222°N 92.26389°WCoordinates: 37°7′56″N 92°15′50″W / 37.13222°N 92.26389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| Counties | Wright, Texas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.04 sq mi (10.46 km2) |
| • Land | 4.01 sq mi (10.39 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,480 ft (451 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,789 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 4,756 |
| • Density | 1,194.3/sq mi (461.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 65711 |
| Area code(s) | 417 |
| FIPS code | 29-50402 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0751209 |
Mountain Grove is a city in Texas and Wright Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri, located in south central Missouri. The population was 4,789 at the 2010 census.
Mountain Grove was originally called "Fyan". A post office called Mountain Grove has been in operation since 1875. The community owes its present name to a stand of trees near the original elevated town site.
In 1841 a settlement was built on land east of Mountain Grove near a spring in a grove of hickory timber. A post office was established in Hickory Spring in 1853. The post office, in 1878, was named for Judge Robert W. Fyan, a prominent figure in early county history. In 1859, a general store was built at the crossroads about a mile west of Hickory Spring. The old post office established under the name of Fyan before the Civil War changed to Mountain Grove, with reference to its location on a ridge in a grove of trees, in 1878.(Bell, Margaret E. "Place Names In The Southwest Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933.)
This became known as the "mountain store, mountain grove or the mountain" because the elevation is 1,525 feet. One of the most famous incidents in Mountain Grove occurred in the middle of May 1883 when what was called a "nipping frost" caused every tree, sapling and shrub in the community of Fyan and the Fyan depot to be cut clean as from an axe. Thus, the joining of Mountain Grove and adjoining Fyan occurred. In June, the name of the depot was changed to Mountain Grove. The town reapplied for a charter in 1886, changed its boundaries and held its first election.
Mountain Grove is located at 37°7′56″N 92°15′50″W / 37.13222°N 92.26389°W (37.132243, −92.263849). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.04 square miles (10.46 km2), of which, 4.01 square miles (10.39 km2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water.
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