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Grovetown, GA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Grovetown  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Grovetown Home page. The Grovetown Home page provides as much information as possible on Grovetown. Knowing Grovetown’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Grovetown’s Home page, you will also find Grovetown’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Grovetown has a population of 14777. 53.5% of Grovetown’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.5 are female. 52% of Grovetown is married and 62.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $161,748, and the average rent is $1,142. Household median income in Grovetown is $57,769, and the individual median income is $30,403. Grovetown’s Ethnic is the following: White(63.8%), Black(23.2%), Hispanic(14.7%), Multiple(9.3%), Other(2.4%), Asian(1.1%), Native(0.2%).


From the building of the Georgia Railroad, which travels through the city until at least the 1860s, the community was known as "Belair". The city was chartered by the Georgia Legislature and officially incorporated on January 1, 1881. The name of the small village purportedly came from the old Grove Baptist Church that was founded in 1808.


A poet famous in the post-Civil War era, Paul Hamilton Hayne, moved to Copse Hill in the Parham Road area in the 1860s. He solicited the United States Postal Service to establish the Grovetown post office. The first U.S. mail service was inaugurated on September 28, 1877, with Charles Clifford as postmaster.


Mr. Clifford was also the train depot agent and the owner of the corner store.The first railroad depot was a small structure built in 1878–79. The last depot was an ornate structure built in 1891 at a cost of $5,041.74. It served the citizens of Grovetown until 1970, when passenger trains no longer traveled on the Augusta–Atlanta line.


It was demolished in 1973.Many wealthy and influential Augusta residents had summer homes in Grovetown, escaping the heat and disease of the city. They commuted on the old "Picayune" train, relying on its frequent service. The Rosland Hotel, later known as the "Eagle", was built in the 1880s. Its huge rotunda was frequently used for church gatherings, suppers, parties, and dances.


It later became a boarding house and burned in the 1970s. The Church of Christ is now located on the site.Several country stores were established on Old Wrightsboro Road near the railroad crossing. One was S. F. Poole's store, where the gazebo now stands at the corner with Robinson Avenue, with a "philosophers' bench" by the door.


During the early days, many famous residents lived in the Grovetown area: Hayne, the literary figure; Stewart Phinizy and James Tobin, cotton brokers; Charles Phinizy, banker and railroad president; Dr. H. H. Steiner, physician; and John Dodge, pharmacist and harness racing enthusiast. Dodge brought his stable from Ohio and built a large home and racetrack.With the construction of Camp Gordon in 1942, Grovetown experienced rapid growth; it was no longer a small agricultural town.


Due to its close proximity to Fort Gordon, Many military families looked to Grovetown for housing. Gradually, more and more retired military saw the benefits of living in the small town and population began to grow and stabilize.Annexation and multi-housing construction has increased the population of the formerly quiet town.


Currently, Grovetown has a population of approximately 15,000, up from the 1990 census figure of 3,596. A variety of stores, dining establishments, schools, and churches add to the town's culture. Services include recreational facilities, a public safety department, two fire stations, water and sewer services, a senior center, and museum.


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