First Automobile – The Okey

Grove City businessman John R. Hooper was president of the Okey Manufacturing Company.  He was a community activist in Grove City in the 1970s and served as a city councilman.  Why is that important? The company he owned and operated was once owned by Perry...

First Comprehensive Plan

In 1969 under Mayor George M. Haughn’s administration, Edward R. Hurley & Associates was hired to develop what is believed to have been Grove City’s first comprehensive development plan.  Hurley’s vision of Grove City in 1985 never developed.  The...

Slow to Grow

Grove City was slow to grow during its first 10 years.  In those early years, William F. Breck constructed the first general store in the community, operated the first post office, and met construction demand by building a brick plant on a tract of land behind the...

Two Important Dates

There are two dates important to Grove City.  The first is 1852, which represents the year the original plat for the village was prepared, and 1866, the year the village was incorporated. Grove City’s original plat included an area east of what is now...