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Funks Grove is a historic unincorporated community on U.S. Route 66 in McLean County, Illinois, United States, southwest of Bloomington. The grove for which the settlement is named, Funk's Grove , is a National Natural Landmark .
The Funk Family is composed of Midwestern United States pioneers who did business in the fields of agriculture, politics, finance and civic life. [1] Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys [2] and later served in the Illinois House of Representatives with Isaac Funk, who was a friend of Lincoln's and a booster when Lincoln ran for president. [3]
Funk's Grove Township is a township in McLean County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 245 and it contained 105 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 245 and it contained 105 housing units.
East Grove Street District–Bloomington: East Grove Street District–Bloomington: February 26, 1987 : 400–700 East Grove Street: Bloomington: 15: Fairview Sanatorium: Fairview Sanatorium: September 1, 2021
In 1901, the Funk family and Funk Farms entered the seed business when Yale educated Eugene Duncan (E.D.) Funk, son of Lafayette Funk and grandson of Isaac, founded Funks Brothers Seed Company. Known for Funk's G-Hybrid seed corn, publicly traded Funk Brothers was the inventor, and world's leading producer, of hybrid corn .
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FILE - Fifth generation farmer Roy Petteway looks at the damage to his citrus grove from the effects of Hurricane Ian on Oct. 12, 2022, in Zolfo Springs, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, ...
Isaac Funk (November 17, 1797 – January 29, 1865) was an American rancher and politician, originally from Kentucky.In the 1820s, he founded Funks Grove, Illinois, in McLean County, Illinois, with his brother and became a prominent cattle trader.