Long Grove is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.02 square miles (2.64 km2), all land.

[5] Elementary-aged students from the city and adjoining nearby areas attend Alan Shepard Elementary.

The town's annual celebration represents Long Grove's claim to fame: The Strawberry Festival.

Held the second Sunday each June, the day kicks off at 9 am with the Strawberry Stampede – youth fun/competitive fitness footraces followed by a parade at 11:15 am.

The sod house was built by the Brownlie Brothers dates from Iowa's prairie days of the 1830s.

The village, a re-creation of an 1860s Scott County cross-roads settlement and stage coach, is made up of 18 historic buildings including an old church, a bank, a train depot and boardwalk of shops.

Long Grove has a mayor-council form of government, and meets on the second Tuesday of each month at city hall.

The two purchased a nearby timber ridge from a man named coats, settling the claim for $160 plus timberland and all the prairie they wished to own.

The first log cabin was built shortly thereafter, in a cluster of trees at the east edge of the timber, just south of the original town site.

A major incident in the city's history took place in December 1921, with the robbery of the Stockman's Savings Bank.

Stories varied on what transpired, but what is known is that the two suspects were killed by a posse immediately after they attempted to hold up the bank.

Along with the opening of Alan Shepard Elementary School, many new homes have been built on all four sides of the city.

Churches located in or near Long Grove are: As of the census of 2020,[9] there were 838 people, 306 households, and 265 families residing in the city.