Polo
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,510 residents
- Description: town in Illinois, USA
- Also known as: “Polo, IL” and “Polo, Illinois”
- Postal code: 61064
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 Buffalo Grove and Haldane.
Buffalo Grove
Hamlet
Photo: Kranar drogin, CC BY 2.5.
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.
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 5 miles north of Polo.
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 south of Polo.
Polo
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Buffalo Township, Ogle, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.98614° or 41° 59′ 10″ northLongitude
-89.57928° or 89° 34′ 45″ westPopulation
2,510Elevation
863 feet (263 metres)United Nations Location Code
US POOOpen location code
86HGXCPC+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 153753400OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Polo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بولو”
- Basque: “Polo”
- Catalan: “Polo”
- Cebuano: “Polo”
- Chechen: “Поло”
- Chinese: “Polo”
- Chinese: “波洛”
- Croatian: “Polo”
- Dutch: “Polo”
- French: “Polo”
- German: “Polo”
- Gilaki: “پؤلؤ”
- Haitian: “Polo, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Polo”
- Hungarian: “Polo”
- Ido: “Polo, Illinois”
- Ido: “Polo”
- Italian: “Polo”
- Ladin: “Polo”
- Mazanderani: “پولو (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “پولو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Polo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Polo”
- Persian: “پولو، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “پولو”
- Polish: “Polo”
- Portuguese: “Polo”
- Serbian: “Поло”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Polo, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Polo”
- South Azerbaijani: “پولو، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Polo”
- Tatar: “Поло (Иллинойс)”
- Tatar: “Поло”
- Ukrainian: “Поло”
- Urdu: “پولو، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “پولو”
- Uzbek: “Polo”
- Uzbek: “Поло”
- Vietnamese: “Polo, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Polo”
- Volapük: “Polo”
- Welsh: “Polo, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Polo”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First Christian Church and Polo Public Library.
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