Woosung, Illinois

Woosung
Unincorporated community
Grain elevator in Woosung.
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Ogle

Coordinates	41°54′21″N 89°32′34″W / 41.90583°N 89.54278°W / 41.90583; -89.54278Coordinates: 41°54′21″N 89°32′34″W / 41.90583°N 89.54278°W / 41.90583; -89.54278

Founded	1855^[1]

Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	XXXXX
Area code	815

Location within Ogle County
Location within Illinois

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 founded in June 1855 by 3 retiring sea captains. They named it after Wusong, China.^[1]

Geography

Woosung is located at 41.923 N and -89.574 W, at an elevation of 791 feet.

Notes

1 2 The Town of Woosung Retrieved on July 4, 2007

External links

Municipalities and communities of Ogle County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Oregon

Cities	Byron Oregon Polo Rochelle

Villages	Adeline Creston Davis Junction Forreston Hillcrest Leaf River Monroe Center Mount Morris Stillman Valley

Townships	Brookville Buffalo Byron Dement Eagle Point Flagg Forreston Grand Detour LaFayette Leaf River Lincoln Lynnville Marion Maryland Monroe Mt. Morris Oregon-Nashua Pine Creek Pine Rock Rockvale Scott Taylor White Rock Woosung

CDPs	Grand Detour Lost Nation

Other unincorporated communities	Baileyville Brookville Buffalo Grove Chana Daysville Egan Flagg Flagg Center Haldane Harper Hazelhurst‡ Holcomb Kings Lindenwood Paynes Point Stratford White Rock Woosung

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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