Cherry Grove, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|pushpin_label = Cherry Grove

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

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|subdivision_name2 = Montgomery

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|subdivision_name3 = Madison

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|elevation_ft = 801

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47933

|area_code = 765

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|blank_info = 18-12304{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

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|blank1_info = 432442{{GNIS|432442}}

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Cherry Grove, formerly Cherry Grove Station,{{cite book

| last = Andreas

| first = Alfred Theodore

| title = Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana

| year = 1876

| publisher = Baskin, Forster & Company

| location = Chicago

| chapter = Montgomery County

}} is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Cherry Grove was established in 1851 as a railroad switch. The community was likely named after the wild cherry trees in the area.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/93 93]}}

References

{{Montgomery County, Indiana}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

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