about beech grove

Beech Grove is a city located within the Indianapolis metropolitan area in Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the city's population is 14,717. Beech Grove is designated an "excluded city" under Indiana law, as it is not part of the consolidated government of Indianapolis and Marion County. By the turn of the 20th century, the Beech Grove area was a rural section of Marion County.

Notable residents included poet and women's-rights activist Sarah Tittle (Barrett) Bolton (1814–1893) and Indianapolis financier Francis McClintock Churchman (1833–1891).

Sarah T. Bolton, famed writer of "Paddle Your Own Canoe" and many other poems. She came to Beech Grove some 100 years ago and wrote many of her poems in her home on South Seventeenth Avenue, which was known as Beech Bank.    

Bolton's farm, "Beech Bank", and Churchman's cattle farm, "Beech Grove Farm", both reflected the abundance of beech trees in this area. This would eventually provide the reason for the city's name, although an early railroad stop in the area was known as "Ingallstown". The city's Sarah T. Bolton Park, situated on some of the former Beech Bank farmland, still contains several large beech trees along its southern boundary.

Beech Grove is now a destination for those looking to enjoy the benefits of a small town with the amenities of a big city. Just 10 minutes from Downtown Indianapolis, Beech Grove is the perfect place to shop, dine, or call home.