Union Grove, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Union Grove, Illinois is located in Illinois
Union Grove, Illinois
Union Grove, Illinois
Union Grove, Illinois is located in the United States
Union Grove, Illinois
Union Grove, Illinois
Coordinates: 41°50′03″N 90°01′35″W / 41.83417°N 90.02639°W / 41.83417; -90.02639
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyWhiteside
Elevation
689 ft (210 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)815 & 779
GNIS feature ID420071[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. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Grove, Illinois
  2. ^ "Whiteside County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 17, 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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