Grape Grove Township, Ray County, Missouri

Grape Grove Township is an inactive township in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

Grape Grove Township was founded in 1838, and so named on account of wild grapes growing within its borders.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grape Grove Township, Ray County, Missouri
  2. Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 346.

Coordinates: 39°26′41″N 93°50′04″W / 39.4447°N 93.8344°W / 39.4447; -93.8344

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