Woosung, Illinois

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Woosung
Unincorporated community
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Grain elevator in Woosung
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Woosung
Location within Ogle County
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Woosung
Woosung (Illinois)
Coordinates: 41°54′12″N89°32′27″W / 41.90333°N 89.54083°W / 41.90333; -89.54083
Country United States
State Illinois
County Ogle
Elevation
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827 ft (252 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
61091
Area code 815
GNIS feature ID421502 [1]

Woosung is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, U.S., and is located in the far southwestern part of the county, northwest of Dixon.

Woosung was named by a railroad official who had once visited Woosung, China during his former career as a sea captain. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woosung, Illinois
  2. ↑ Illinois Central Magazine. Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1922. p. 43.


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