Gruver is on Hwys 15 and 136, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in central
Hansford County in the central Panhandle near the Oklahoma border, north of
Amarillo.
Gruver incorporated as a wheat and small-grain farming center in 1930, when it had a population of 650 and thirty-two businesses. In 1988 Gruver had 1,199 residents and thirty-seven businesses. In 1990 it reported a population of 1,172.