Grove City traces its beginnings to land grants bestowed upon Revolutionary War veterans General Daniel Morgan and Colonel William Washington. Hugh Grant, Jackson Township’s first white settler, set up a farm on a portion of this land near the turn of

In 1846, William Foster Breck purchased fifteen and a half acres from Grant’s son. In 1852, Breck and a commission of three other men laid out Grove City.

The community’s growth was steady and in March 1866, Grove City became an incorporated village. The first mayoral election was held in May of that year; town doctor Joseph Bulen was elected.

As the twentieth century approached, Grove City solidified its position as a “bedroom community” of Columbus with the completion of the Grove City and Greenlawn Street Railway. Though this railway ceased operations in the late 1920s, proximity to Columbus continued to spur growth and the village became a city on November 16, 1959.

The population was 27,075 at the 2000 census. It is a suburb of Columbus. In 2005, the population was estimated to be 30,892, and Grove City continues to be one of the fastest-growing suburbs of Columbus.

• The Gardens at Gantz Farm is a popular green thumb attraction. With over 27 acres, it is organized into three gardens:

  • The Garden of Yesterday

  • The Garden of Today

  • The Garden of Tomorrow.
     

• The annual Grove City High School Alumni Softball Tournament. Ninety teams representing five decades of GCHS graduates compete in "the world's largest alumni tournament" on the last full weekend of July.
   

• Arts in the Alley with a kick off parade, Christmas parade and many other things. Not to mention other things not so family oriented, such as a very large number of bars and pubs including Murphy's Upstairs!. This leads to an interesting church to bar ratio in this working-class community.

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