Upper Grove, IA

UPPER GROVE, the county seat [Hancock County, Iowa], is situated in the southeastern corner of the county.  It has two churches, Christian and Methodist;  also two general stores, one flour mill, and furniture and blacksmith shops, &c.  Population, 90: of township, 120.   (Hair's Iowa State Gazetteer..., 1865)

Note:  Upper Grove post office existed from 1857 to 1885.  The town no longer appears on maps.  Near Amsterdam, Iowa.