Grand Detour, Illinois

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Coordinates: 41°53′48″N 89°24′42″W / 41.89667, -89.41167

Grand Detour
Unincorporated
Restored church in Grand Detour, Illinois.
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Ogle
Township	Grand Detour

Elevation	656 ft (200 m)
Coordinates	41°53′48″N 89°24′42″W / 41.89667, -89.41167

Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code	61021
Area code	815

Location of Grand Detour within Illinois
Wikimedia Commons: Grand Detour, Illinois

Grand Detour, Illinois is an unincorporated village in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The village is named because because of an odd turn in the Rock River. Grand Detour is the site where John Deere invented the first successful steel plow. Many of the village's initial residents came from Vermont, and in the early years of the 20th century many artists were known to live here.^{[citation needed]} It is said that Orson Welles spent several summers here as a youth at a relative's hotel.^{[citation needed]} Stan Hack (Chicago Cubs manager and player) had a restaurant in town.^{[citation needed]}

The Rock River in Grand Detour, Illinois.

[edit] See also

John Deere House and Shop

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Grand Detour History

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v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Ogle County, Illinois

County seat: Oregon

Cities	Byron \| Oregon \| Polo \| Rochelle

Villages	Adeline \| Creston \| Davis Junction \| Forreston \| Hillcrest \| Leaf River \| Monroe Center \| Mount Morris \| Stillman Valley

Townships	Brookville \| Buffalo \| Byron \| Dement \| Eagle Point \| Flagg \| Forreston \| Grand Detour \| LaFayette \| Leaf River \| Lincoln \| Lynnville \| Marion \| Maryland \| Monroe \| Mt. Morris \| Oregon-Nashua \| Pine Creek \| Pine Rock \| Rockvale \| Scott \| Taylor \| White Rock \| Woosung

Unincorporated communities	Baileyville \| Buffalo Grove \| Chana \| Daysville \| Egan \| Flagg \| Flagg Center \| Grand Detour \| Haldane \| Harper \| Hazelhurst \| Holcomb \| Kings \| Lindenwood \| Paynes Point \| Stratford \| Woosung