Woosung, Illinois

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
Grain elevator in Woosung
Woosung
Location within Ogle County
Woosung
Woosung (Illinois)
Coordinates: 41°54′21″N 89°32′34″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyOgle
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
61091
Area code(s)815

Woosung was named by a railroad official who had once visited Wusong, China during his former career as a sea captain.[1]

Notes

  1. Illinois Central Magazine. Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1922. p. 43.
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Polo
toward Freeport
Freeport Centralia Dixon
toward Centralia
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