Union Grove, Illinois

Union Grove, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Union Grove, Illinois
Union Grove, Illinois
Coordinates: 41°50′03″N 90°01′35″W / 41.83417°N 90.02639°W / 41.83417; -90.02639Coordinates: 41°50′03″N 90°01′35″W / 41.83417°N 90.02639°W / 41.83417; -90.02639
Country United States
State Illinois
County Whiteside
Elevation 689 ft (210 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 815 & 779
GNIS feature ID 420071[1]

Union Grove is an unincorporated community in Whiteside County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.[1]

History

A post office called Union Grove was in operation from 1840 until 1926.[2] Union Grove was named from two nearby, nearly identical groves.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Grove, Illinois
  2. "Whiteside County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 132.


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