Round Grove, Illinois

Round Grove is an unincorporated community in Whiteside County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.[1]

Round Grove, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Round Grove, Illinois
Round Grove, Illinois
Coordinates: 41°47′06″N 89°52′19″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyWhiteside
Elevation
679 ft (207 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)815 & 779
GNIS feature ID416982[1]

History

A post office called Round Grove was established in 1839, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1973.[2] The community was named from a "large round grove" near the original town site.[3]

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gollark: My school's apparently planning for that too, by sending us... links to YouTube videos of HIIT routines they'll apparently ask us to do if school closes.
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gollark: You can get *some* idea based on whether it works in MMA.
gollark: <@665664987578236961> I think people's problem with it is more that quality of instruction can vary a lot, there is often not good sparring with resistance, there's a lack of competitions, it hasn't demonstrated that it works consistently in MMA competitions, there's an overemphasis on "deadly" techniques and aggressiveness, and that you can't really reliably defend against knives, multiple people or guns.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Round Grove, Illinois
  2. "Whiteside County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 March 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. 120.



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