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Grand Detour is an unincorporated census-designated place in Ogle County, Illinois, United States.As of the 2010 census, its population was 429. [3] The village is named after an odd turn in the Rock River, which flows north past the village, rather than its normal southwestern course.
The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon.The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837.
Grand Detour Township is located in Ogle County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 698 and it contained 385 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 698 and it contained 385 housing units.
Grand Detour Township: November 6, 1849 LaFayette Township: November 6, 1849 ... Illinois Archives; Illinois Township Information This page was ...
While Deere wished to sell to customers outside Grand Detour, Andrus opposed a proposed railroad through Grand Detour. Also, there was Deere's distrust of Andrus' accounting practices. [16] In 1848, Deere dissolved the partnership with Andrus and moved to Moline, Illinois, because the city was a transportation hub on the Mississippi River. [17]
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At Grand Detour, IL 2 transitions from following the south/east bank of Rock River to the north/west bank via a bridge. Further north, it passes through Castle Rock State Park, IL 64 at the Ogle County Courthouse in Oregon, and IL 72 in Byron (runs concurrently with IL 2). North of the Chicago Rockford International Airport, IL 2 turns north ...
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