Central Grove, Mississippi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Central Grove, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Monroe
Elevation	220 ft (70 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	687372

Central Grove (also known as Centralgrove) is a small, quiet place in Monroe County, Mississippi. It's called an unincorporated community, which means it's a group of homes and businesses that isn't officially a city or town with its own local government. Central Grove is located to the west of Amory and south of Nettleton.

History of Central Grove

Early Days

In the year 1900, Central Grove was a very small community with about 23 people living there.

For many years, Central Grove had its own post office. This was a very important place for people to send and receive letters and packages. The post office was open from 1879 until 1905. After 1905, people in Central Grove likely got their mail from a nearby town.