| Official Name: | Grove, New York |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Label: | Grove |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Allegany |
| Government Type: | Town Council |
| Leader Title: | Town Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Michael Johnsen (D, R) |
| Leader Title1: | Town Council |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 87.29 |
| Area Land Km2: | 86.42 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.87 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 33.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 33.37 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 497 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.14 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 15.91 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 603 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1978 |
| Coordinates: | 42.4736°N -77.8953°W |
| Area Code: | 607 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-003-30994 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0979028 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 496 |
Grove is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 497 at the 2020 census.[2] Grove is in the northeast part of Allegany County, northwest of Hornell.
The town of Grove was established in 1827 as "Church Tract" from the town of Nunda in Livingston County. The town assumed its current name in 1828, possibly based on the large number of trees in the town. Grove lost its western territory to form the newer town of Granger in 1838.
Frederick Decker, the "Ossian Giant", was a resident known for his great size (7 feet, six inches, 385 pounds). He was born in Geneseo in 1836 and exhibited himself across the country before settling down in Grove where he died and was buried in 1886.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 87.3km2, of which 86.4km2 is land and 0.9km2, or 1.00%, is water.[3]
New York State Route 70 passes across the northeast part of the town.
Canaseraga Creek flows out of The Swamp (or the Swain Swamp if you are not from Swain) towards Canaseraga.
At the 2000 census,[4] there were 533 people, 213 households and 148 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 427 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the town was 97.00% White, 1.31% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.56% from other races and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.94% of the population.
There were 213 households, of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.01.
23.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64 and 15.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.
The median household income was $38,750 and the median family income was $48,594. Males had a median income of $31,944 and females $26,071. The per capita income was $17,522. About 2.5% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.