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Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Union Grove, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°50′03″N 90°01′35″W / 41.83417°N 90.02639°W / 41.83417; -90.02639
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyWhiteside
Elevation689 ft (210 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)815 & 779
GNIS feature ID420071

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

History

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

References

  1. ^ 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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