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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Norway</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Illinois</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Illinois</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Norway is located in the United States"><img alt="Norway is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Usa_edcp_location_map.svg/250px-Usa_edcp_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" 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style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the United States</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Norway,_Illinois&params=41_27_56_N_88_39_52_W_type:city_region:US-IL"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°27′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°39′52″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.46556°N 88.66444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.46556; -88.66444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data">Illinois</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Township</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mission_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Mission Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Mission</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">640 ft (200 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">60551 (<a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Illinois" title="Sheridan, Illinois">Sheridan, Illinois</a>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_815_and_779" title="Area codes 815 and 779">815 & 779</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Norway</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated community">unincorporated community</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mission_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Mission Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Mission Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. Located along the <a href="/wiki/Fox_River_(Illinois_River_tributary)" title="Fox River (Illinois River tributary)">Fox River</a>, the community was the site of an early <a href="/wiki/Norwegian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian-American">Norwegian-American</a> settlement. Today it is the site of the State of Illinois <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Settlers_Memorial" title="Norwegian Settlers Memorial">Norwegian Settlers Memorial</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Norway,_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Norway received its name from the nearby rural community of settlers from <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> in the area known as the <a href="/wiki/Fox_River_Settlement" title="Fox River Settlement">Fox River Settlement</a>. The village was the center of Norwegian immigration dating to 1834. The settlers had in large part relocated from the <a href="/wiki/Kendall,_New_York" title="Kendall, New York">Kendall</a> Settlement in <a href="/wiki/New_York_State" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State">New York State</a> which had been founded earlier by pioneers who arrived from Norway during 1825 aboard the <i><a href="/wiki/Restauration_(ship)" title="Restauration (ship)">Restauration</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Norwegian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian-American">Norwegian-American</a> pioneer leader <a href="/wiki/Cleng_Peerson" title="Cleng Peerson">Cleng Peerson</a> founded this second settlement in the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Valley_(Illinois)" title="Fox Valley (Illinois)">Fox River Valley of Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Norway does not have a local government, fire district, school district, local policing or postal services. Most local government services are provided by the nearby community of <a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Illinois" title="Sheridan, Illinois">Sheridan</a>. Postal addresses are designated as either being in Sheridan or <a href="/wiki/Serena,_Illinois" title="Serena, Illinois">Serena</a> both of which are no more than six miles away. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heritage">Heritage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Norway,_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Norway and the neighboring community of <a href="/wiki/Newark,_Illinois" title="Newark, Illinois">Newark</a> represent the predominating <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavian</a> heritage of the far northeast corner of <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle County</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall County</a>, and far southeast corner of <a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DeKalb County</a>. Norway was also an early site of missionary work by <a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a>, which laid the groundwork for later Mormon missions in <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just south of Norway, there is a memorial dedicated to Norwegian immigrants who settled in the area, with a small park, a cemetery, and a plaque from <a href="/wiki/King_Olav_V" class="mw-redirect" title="King Olav V">King Olav V</a>. This memorial commemorates the Fox River Settlement, the site of the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Norsk Museum is located 9 miles northeast of <a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa, Illinois</a> on highway 71. The museum is located in a former Norwegian Lutheran Church which served as a house of worship from 1848 until 1918. Norsk Museum is dedicated to the Scandinavian settlers who founded the area around Norway, Illinois in the 1800s.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Norway is deeply connected to its past, as most evidently shown at the Norway Store. The store has sat on the same spot for over a century, and the Borchsenius family, which started the store, still continues to own the store, as well as a nursery and a few other pieces of land in the immediate area.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Norway,_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unincorporated_communities_in_Illinois" title="List of unincorporated communities in Illinois">List of unincorporated communities in Illinois</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Norway,_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/414716">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Norway, Illinois</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/norwegian_settlers.htm"><i>1834 Settlement at Norway, Illinois</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090327095841/http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/norwegian_settlers.htm">Archived</a> 2009-03-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Illinois History)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm"><i>The Kendall Settlement Survived</i></a> (Richard L. 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The Norwegian National League of Chicagoland<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Point,_Illinois" title="Cedar Point, Illinois">Cedar Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalzell,_Illinois" title="Dalzell, Illinois">Dalzell</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana,_Illinois" title="Dana, Illinois">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Ridge,_Illinois" title="Grand Ridge, Illinois">Grand Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangley,_Illinois" title="Kangley, Illinois">Kangley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland,_Illinois" title="Leland, Illinois">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonore,_Illinois" title="Leonore, Illinois">Leonore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lostant,_Illinois" title="Lostant, Illinois">Lostant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millington,_Illinois" title="Millington, Illinois">Millington</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naplate,_Illinois" title="Naplate, Illinois">Naplate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Utica,_Illinois" title="North Utica, Illinois">North Utica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ransom,_Illinois" title="Ransom, Illinois">Ransom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland,_Illinois" title="Rutland, Illinois">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seneca,_Illinois" title="Seneca, Illinois">Seneca</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Illinois" title="Sheridan, Illinois">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somonauk,_Illinois" title="Somonauk, Illinois">Somonauk</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonica,_Illinois" title="Tonica, Illinois">Tonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Grove,_Illinois" title="Troy Grove, Illinois">Troy Grove</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Adams Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Brookfield Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Bruce Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Dayton Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Park_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Deer Park Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Deer Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimmick_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Dimmick Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Dimmick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Eagle Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Earl Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Earl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Eden Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Fall River Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farm_Ridge_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Farm Ridge Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Farm Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Freedom Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Grand Rapids Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groveland_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Groveland Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Groveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Hope Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manlius_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Manlius Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Manlius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendota_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Mendota Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Mendota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meriden_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Meriden Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Meriden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Miller Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Mission Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northville_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Northville Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Northville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophir_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Ophir Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Ophir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osage_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Osage Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Osage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Ottawa Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otter_Creek_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Otter Creek Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Otter Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peru_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Peru Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richland_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Richland Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Richland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Rutland Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serena_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Serena Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Serena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Ottawa_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="South Ottawa Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">South Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Grove_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Troy Grove Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Troy Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utica_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Utica Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Utica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermillion_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Vermillion Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Vermillion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Wallace Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham_Township,_LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="Waltham Township, LaSalle County, Illinois">Waltham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td 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