Area Information
History: Shady Grove was mapped out in 1848. A post office has been in operation at Shady Grove since 1852. An old variant spelling was "Shadygrove".
Settlers first entered the Cumberland Valley between 1725 and 1727.
By 1730 there were a number of people here but, because the proprietors had not yet completed a treaty with the Indians, they were considered illegal residents.
In 1755 when the Indian incursions began, the population of 3,000 settlers dropped to about 300. It was not until the Treaty of 1764 when the Indians, however unwillingly, agreed to relinquish ownership of all lands west to the Muskingum River in Ohio that the settlers returned. The majority of those who came at this time were Scots-Irish. As they moved westward, more and more Germans migrated here. Quite a number of those Germans were Mennonites. Franklin County was created on September 9, 1784, from part of Cumberland County. Chambersburg, the county seat, was founded in 1764 and was incorporated on March 21, 1803.
Resources: Franklin County Historical Society

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