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Grover Beach was founded on August 1, 1887, when lumberman D.W. Grover filed his town plans at the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, and the town was named in his honor.

Grover Beach incorporated on December 21, 1959, under the redundant-sounding name City of Grover City, and voters did not rename it Grover Beach until 1992, to emphasize its seaside location.

The Chumash people occupied the Grover Beach area at least 9,000 years ago, and the land later formed part of Rancho El Pismo, a Mexican land grant awarded in 1846.

Grover Beach had a population of 12,701 at the 2020 census, down slightly from 13,156 in 2010, packed into just 2.3 square miles for a density of about 5,494 people per square mile.

Grover Beach has 5,197 households with an average size of 2.42 people, and its homes are almost perfectly split between owners and renters - 50.3% owner-occupied and 49.7% rented.

Grover Beach is part of the Five Cities metropolitan area of southern San Luis Obispo County, alongside Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Oceano, and Shell Beach.

The Grover Beach station is the only rail station in the Five Cities area, served by Amtrak and located next to Pismo State Beach, and Amtrak trains first began stopping there in 1996.

Grover Beach is the landing point for the Pacific Crossing 1 (PC-1) submarine cable system, where trans-Pacific fiber-optic cables come ashore and connect to the North American telecommunications network.

Grover Beach has an exceptionally mild warm-summer Mediterranean climate - no month averages a high above 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Grover Beach's official motto is "A great place to spread your wings."