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Welcome to Villa Grove ...The city of Villa Grove is located in Douglas County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Villa Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. A typical abbreviation for Villa Grove: Villa Grv. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Villa Grove has a population of 2,412 people<2> (see below for details). Villa Grove is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Villa Grove lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Villa Grove (for example, toward Dana (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The area code for Villa Grove: (217) The ZIP code for Villa Grove: 61956<4> Websites for Villa Grove ...Official Website: www.villagrove.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Villa Grove had an population of 2,412 people. This is a decrease of 4.93% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.52% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Villa Grove had a population of 2,537 people (or 12.7% of the total population of Douglas County). This makes Villa Grove the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Villa Grove represents 0.02% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 447th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,537 people, the population of Villa Grove has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,553 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Villa Grove. Communities Also Named Villa Grove ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Villa Grove - they are located in Colorado and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Villa Grove. Communities near Villa Grove ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Villa Grove.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Villa Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Villa Grove. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Villa Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Villa Grove. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Villa Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Villa Grove. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Villa Grove ...Looking for more information about Villa Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Villa Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Villa Grove. Adding Villa Grove to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Villa Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Villa Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Villa Grove in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Villa Grove. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Villa Grove: www.villagrove.org/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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