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Location of Grundy County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grundy County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...
National Register of Historic Places in Grundy County — Illinois. Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Grundy County, Illinois" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Polish history, culture and art: Pontiac Museum Complex: Pontiac: Livingston: Central: Multiple: Includes the Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum, Livingston County War Museum, Walldog Mural and Sign Art Museum, Bob Waldmire Experience, Life in the 1940s Exhibit, Music of the Civil War Exhibit [56] Pontiac-Oakland ...
Grundy County was established on February 17, 1841. It was formed out of LaSalle County and named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy. [4] The county was well known for its coal mines [5] and attracted miners from Pennsylvania and other regions to work its deposits. The 1883 Diamond Mine Disaster occurred in Grundy County. The disaster ...
The historic district reflects the history of Morris, Illinois as a canal town on the Illinois & Michigan Canal. Named after canal commissioner Isaac N. Morris, the town became the Grundy County seat in 1841 and was originally platted a year later. The earliest of the buildings were built in the 1850s, shortly after the canal's construction.
The type locality is the Mazon River (or Mazon Creek), a tributary of the Illinois River near Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. The 25 to 30 meters of shale were formed approximately , during the Pennsylvanian period. The fossiliferous concretions are usually found within the thickest deposits of the Francis Creek Shale.
Morris is located in northeast Grundy County along U.S. Route 6 and Illinois Route 47 and on the north side of the Illinois River [8] [9] at an elevation of 515 feet (157 m). [ 1 ] According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Morris has a total area of 11.64 square miles (30.15 km 2 ), of which 11.28 square miles (29.22 km 2 ) (or 96.92%) is ...
Protected areas of Grundy County, Illinois (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Grundy County, Illinois" This category contains only the following page.