[5][failed verification] The city was chartered by the Georgia Legislature and officially incorporated on January 1, 1881.

A poet famous in the post-Civil War era, Paul Hamilton Hayne, moved to Copse Hill in the Parham Road area in the 1860s.

He solicited the United States Postal Service to establish the Grovetown post office.

[6] Many wealthy and influential Augusta residents had summer homes in Grovetown, escaping the heat and disease of the city.

One was S. F. Poole's store, where the gazebo now stands at the corner with Robinson Avenue, with a "philosophers' bench"[clarification needed] by the door.

During the early days, many famous residents lived in the Grovetown area: Hayne, the literary figure; Stewart Phinizy and James Tobin, cotton brokers; Charles Phinizy, banker and railroad president; Dr. H. H. Steiner, physician; and John Dodge, pharmacist and harness racing enthusiast.

[6] With the construction of Camp Gordon in 1942, Grovetown experienced rapid growth; it was no longer a small agricultural town.

Gradually, more and more retired military saw the benefits of living in the small town and population began to grow and stabilize.

A variety of stores, dining establishments, schools, and churches add to the town's culture.

At this intersection, the state highway turns left onto Horizon South Parkway, while Wrightsboro Road continues toward Augusta.