Camp Grove, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Camp Grove is located in Illinois
Camp Grove
Camp
Grove
Camp Grove is located in the United States
Camp Grove
Camp
Grove
Coordinates: 41°04′44″N 89°37′59″W / 41.07889°N 89.63306°W / 41.07889; -89.63306
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyMarshall
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
61424
Area code309
GNIS feature ID405471[1]

Camp Grove is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Illinois, United States, located 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east-northeast of Wyoming and 27.6 miles (44.4 km) north of Peoria.[2] Camp Grove has a post office with ZIP code 61424.[3][4]

The Camp Grove Wind Farm is located adjacent to the community.

History

Camp Grove was platted in 1901.[5] It was named from a camp in a grove near the town site.[5]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Peoria to Camp Grove". Peoria to Camp Grove. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  4. ^ "History of Camp Grove, Marshall Co IL".
  5. ^ a b 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. 51.


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