Grove_Park,_Florida
Grove Park, Florida
Unincorporated community in Florida, US
Grove Park is an unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida, United States, on Florida State Road 20 west of Hawthorne.[1]
Grove Park was established in the early 1880s on the Florida Southern Railway. In 1888, the community had 250 residents, a railroad station, post office, two stores, a hotel, school, church and a saw and planing mill. The 60-to-80-foot (18 to 24 m) wide streets were laid out in a rectangular grid, and were graded.[2][3]
The post office was opened in 1883, and closed in 1958.[4]