Sylvan Grove, Pennsylvania

Sylvan Grove, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Sylvan Grove
Coordinates: 41°01′46″N 78°09′16″W / 41.02944°N 78.15444°W / 41.02944; -78.15444
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Clearfield
Elevation	1,525 ft (465 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC)

Sylvan Grove is an unincorporated community in Cooper Township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It appears on the Frenchville U.S. Geological Survey Map.^[1] It is a small farming community originally called Hickory Bottom. Central to the history of Sylvan Grove is the Sylvan Grove Church and Cemetery.

History

Sylvan Grove Church and Cemetery

Located north of Kylertown on Church Hill Road off of State Route 1011, Sylvan Grove Church and Cemetery remains today as a testament of the faith of the earliest settlers in this area. The church, originally constructed in 1870 for $2010.00, was built on land owned by John and Wealthy Johnson Hoover, and deeded to the Trustees of the Methodist-Episcopal Church. At that time the Trustees were Robert Daugherty, George Hess, David Aldrich, Samuel Hoover, and John Hoover. This building was dedicated on June 25, 1871.^[2]

This was actually the second church built in this area. The first church was a log building made in 1850, making it the very first church in what was to become Cooper Township. It was across the road from where the current church stands today. The log building church was constructed on land purchased by two of the Hoover brothers, Samuel and John, from Edward and David Gratz. The Hoover brothers then deeded an acre of this land as the building site to the Morris Township School District and the log building was used for both school and church purposes. The founding fathers of the original log church were all four of the Hoover brothers (John and Samuel, George and Jerimiah) as well as Robert Daugherty and George Hess.^[2]

References

↑ "Sylvan Grove, PA Community Profile". PA HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
1 2 "Down River Drivel: Wealthy's Reward - Reprint". oldavonladysorders.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

Municipalities and communities of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States

County seat: Clearfield

City	DuBois

Boroughs	Brisbin Burnside Chester Hill Clearfield Coalport Curwensville Falls Creek‡ Glen Hope Grampian Houtzdale Irvona Mahaffey New Washington Newburg Osceola Mills Ramey Troutville Wallaceton Westover

Townships	Beccaria Bell Bigler Bloom Boggs Bradford Brady Burnside Chest Cooper Covington Decatur Ferguson Girard Goshen Graham Greenwood Gulich Huston Jordan Karthaus Knox Lawrence Morris Penn Pike Pine Sandy Union Woodward

CDPs	Allport Bigler Grassflat Hawk Run Hyde Kylertown Morrisdale Oklahoma Plymptonville Sandy Treasure Lake West Decatur

Unincorporated communities	Helvetia Lumber City Luthersburg McGees Mills Oak Ridge Penfield Rockton Sylvan Grove Viola

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°01′48″N 78°09′14″W / 41.03°N 78.154°W / 41.03; -78.154

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