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Union Grove, Bell County, Texas

Coordinates: 31°00′02″N 97°36′07″W / 31.00056°N 97.60194°W / 31.00056; -97.60194
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Union Grove, Bell County, Texas
Union Grove is located in Texas
Union Grove
Union Grove
Union Grove is located in the United States
Union Grove
Union Grove
Coordinates: 31°00′02″N 97°36′07″W / 31.00056°N 97.60194°W / 31.00056; -97.60194
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBell
Elevation
699 ft (213 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code254
GNIS feature ID1380695[1]

Union Grove is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.

History

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The area in what is now known as Union Grove today was first settled in the early 1900s. During the 19030s it had a school and a business, but these had closed down by the 1990s. Four people lived in the community in 2000.[2]

Geography

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Union Grove is located on Farm to Market Road 2484, 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Belton in west-central Bell County. Stillhouse Hollow Lake, on the Lampasas River, is located to the north of the community.[2]

Education

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Union Grove had its own school in the 1930s, which may have closed by 1990.[2] Today, the community is served by the Salado Independent School District.

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Grove, Bell County, Texas
  2. ^ a b c Jasinski, Laurie E. (December 9, 2005). "Union Grove, TX (Bell County)". tshaonline.org.