Middle Grove, MO

Middle Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 57 residents. The community was settled in 1830 and founded by John C. Milligan and Jacob Whittenburg. The through line in Middle Grove is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Middle Grove makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Middle Grove is in southwestern Monroe County, 8 miles southwest of Madison, 10 miles east of Moberly, and 19 miles southwest of Paris, the Monroe county seat. Milligan Creek forms the eastern border of the community, flowing north toward the Elk Fork of the Salt River.