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GROVES, TEXAS
Eastern Jefferson
County, Texas Gulf
Coast
29°56'50"N 93°54'57"W (29.947113, -93.915829)
State Hwy 73, 87, and 347
16 Miles SE of downtown Beaumont the
county seat
N of Port Arthur
3 miles NW of Sabine Lake, an estuary of the Gulf of Mexico
ZIP code 77619
Area code 409
Population: 15,480 Est. (2019)
16,144 (2010) 15,733 (2000) 16,744 (1990)
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History in
a Seashell
Groves dates from
1886 with the arrival of the Sam Lee family. In 1916 Griffing Brothers
bought land here and established a nursury business. The centerpiece
of the operation (planted in 1919) was a substantial grove of Pecan
trees.
In the early 1920s, the Port Arthur Land and Development Company created
a subdivision appropriately named Pecan Grove. Since everyone knew
what a pecan tree looked like, in time the name was simply shortened
to Groves, which coincidently was the surname of Asa Groves, a resident
of Port Arthur who supervised
development.
A posty office was applied for and was granted in 1927, closely followed
by a school and library. It was added to the stops on the Kansas City
Southern Railroad which insured its permanence. A refinery opened
in the mid 1930s and by the 1950 census, it was estimated there were
1,300 residents.
In a 1952 vote to incorportate, the measure was overwhelmingly passed
and with independence now established, the new city grew to over 17,000
by 1960. The 1970 census reported a peak population in 1970 of just
over 18,000 which has declined over the years to just over 16,000.
Groves is Jefferson
County's forth largest city and is the former home of author and
memorist Mary Karr. |
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