Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove is an unincorporated community in the Ogle County township of Buffalo, Illinois, United States. It was the first settlement in Ogle County, and was once a bustling frontier town that attracted many of Ogle County's early residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Buffalo”, “Buffalo Grove, IL”, and “Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buffalo Grove ambush.
Buffalo Grove ambush
Memorial
Photo: Rattis irrittis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Buffalo Grove ambush was an ambush that occurred on May 19, 1832 as part of the Black Hawk War. A six-man detail carrying dispatches from United States Colonel James M.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polo and Haldane.
Polo
Village
Polo is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,291 at the 2020 census, down from 2,355 in 2010 and 2,477 in 2000.
Haldane
Hamlet
Photo: Kranar drogin, CC BY 2.5.
Haldane is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, located south of Forreston and west of Mount Morris. Haldane is situated 6 miles north of Buffalo Grove.
Woosung
Village
Photo: Wayne Wilkinson, CC BY 2.0.
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. Woosung is situated 6 miles southeast of Buffalo Grove.
Buffalo Grove
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Buffalo Township, Ogle, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.98114° or 41° 58′ 52″ northLongitude
-89.59511° or 89° 35′ 42″ westElevation
846 feet (258 metres)Open location code
86HGXCJ3+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153557614OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Buffalo Grove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伊利诺斯州”
- Chinese: “伊利諾斯州”
- Chinese: “布法勞格羅夫 (伊利諾伊州奧格爾縣)”
- Chinese: “布法勞格羅夫”
- French: “Buffalo Grove”
- Irish: “Buffalo Grove”
- Persian: “بافالو گروو، شهرستان اگلو، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “بافالو گروو”
- Volapük: “Buffalo Grove (komot: Ogle)”
- Volapük: “Buffalo Grove, IL”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buffalo Grove Cemetery and First Baptist Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Buffalo Grove”. Photo: Kranar drogin, CC BY 2.5.