Woosung
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 426 residents
- Description: human settlement in Ogle County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Woosung, IL” and “Woosung, Illinois”
- Postal code: 61091
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dixon and Polo.
Dixon
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dixon is called "The Petunia City" but is probably best known as the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan.
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. Polo is situated 6 miles north of Woosung.
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. Buffalo Grove is situated 6 miles northwest of Woosung.
Woosung
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Woosung Township, Ogle, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.90337° or 41° 54′ 12″ northLongitude
-89.54094° or 89° 32′ 27″ westPopulation
426Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
86HGWF35+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 153492033OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4917153Wikidata ID
Q3476752
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Woosung” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伍松 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “伍松”
- French: “Woosung”
- Irish: “Woosung”
- Persian: “ووسانگ، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “ووسانگ”
- Slovak: “Woosung”
- South Azerbaijani: “ووسانق، ایلینوی”
- Volapük: “Woosung”
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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 “Woosung”. Photo: Wayne Wilkinson, CC BY 2.0.