Woosung, Illinois

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Woosung (Illinois)
Coordinates: 41°54′21″N89°32′34″W / 41.90583°N 89.54278°W / 41.90583; -89.54278
Country United States
State Illinois
County Ogle
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
61091
Area code 815

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. [1]

Notes

  1. Illinois Central Magazine. Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1922. p. 43.


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