Groveton, Ontario, is a hamlet located north of Spencerville along County Road 44. The hamlet grew around the intersection of County Road 44 and Buckwheat Road which becomes Groveton Road immediately after the intersection. According to local histories, the community was named in the 1850s by a travelling reverend responsible for delivering the community's religious services prior to a church; the reverend is said to have stated plainly to the congregation the meeting was to be called the "Groveton appointment", which they later attributed to their entire settlement.