Shady Grove, Pennsylvania
Shady Grove, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 A Farm near Shady Grove, Pennsylvania | |
  Shady Grove Location within Pennsylvania | |
| Coordinates: 39°46′40″N 77°40′07″W / 39.77778°N 77.66861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Franklin |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 17256[1] |
| Area codes | 223 & 717 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1187301[2] |
Shady Grove is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. An old variant spelling was "Shadygrove".[2]
Shady Grove was platted in 1848.[3] A post office has been in operation at Shady Grove since 1852.[4] The Hagerstown and Frederick Railway served Shady Grove between 1905 and the Great Depression.[5]
References
- ↑ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shady Grove
- ↑ M'Cauley, I. H. (1878). Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Patriot. p. 218.
- ↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ↑ Harwood, Herbert H. Jr. (1970). Blue Ridge Trolley. Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-034-7.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |