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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Waddams_Grove,_Illinois&params=42_25_03_N_89_53_03_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">42°25′03″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°53′03″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">42.41750°N 89.88417°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.41750; -89.88417</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/Stephenson_County,_Illinois" title="Stephenson County, Illinois">Stephenson</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Township</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Township,_Illinois" title="West Point Township, Illinois">West Point</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.0 sq mi (0 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">0.0 sq mi (0 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.0 sq mi (0 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,033 ft (315 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2000)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">61048</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_815" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 815">815</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Waddams Grove</b>, previously known as <b>Wadam's</b>, <b>Waddam's Grove</b>, and <b>Sada</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated community">unincorporated community</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Stephenson_County,_Illinois" title="Stephenson County, Illinois">Stephenson County</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">township</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Point_Township,_Illinois" title="West Point Township, Illinois">West Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Waddams Grove was the first settlement in Stephenson County. It is located northwest of <a href="/wiki/Lena,_Illinois" title="Lena, Illinois">Lena</a>. The community is near the site of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waddams_Grove" title="Battle of Waddams Grove">Battle of Waddams Grove</a> which took place during the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War" title="Black Hawk War">Black Hawk War</a>. </p> <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=Waddams_Grove,_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waddams_hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Waddams_hill.jpg/220px-Waddams_hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Waddams_hill.jpg/330px-Waddams_hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Waddams_hill.jpg/440px-Waddams_hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>In 1934, this marker was placed to commemorate Waddams' settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-illinoisstatehistorical_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-illinoisstatehistorical-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Toward the end of the summer of 1832, <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Waddams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Waddams (page does not exist)">William Waddams</a>, and his sons Hiram and Nelson, arrived in Stephenson County and founded Waddams Grove following the end of the Black Hawk War.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This created the first permanent settlement in the county, and paved the way for future settlements.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Waddams moved his family from <a href="/wiki/Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois" title="Jo Daviess County, Illinois">Jo Daviess County</a> in the spring of 1833 to the new settlement, and built his home there.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Waddams would stay in the community until his death after having lived in other settlements including in <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Galena,_Illinois" title="Galena, Illinois">Galena, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Waddams Grove is considered the launching spot for all other settlements in Stephenson County; most settlers stopped at Waddams Grove before moving on to their land claims.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1832 to 1836, Waddams Grove continued to see strong growth.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Stephenson County was established in 1837, the settlement was not one of the settlements selected for the future location of the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement's first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">U.S. Post Office</a> opened on March 31, 1838, and would continue to function in the village of Waddams Grove until July 28, 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-Illinois_Family_History_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illinois_Family_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The village changed its name to Wadam's, and then again changed its name to Sada.<sup id="cite_ref-Illinois_Family_History_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illinois_Family_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sada changed its name back to Waddams Grove on January 14, 1876, and the name remains to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-Illinois_Family_History_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illinois_Family_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waddams_Grove,_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><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 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.id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Historical News". <i>Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society</i>. <b>27</b> 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October 1934.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Illinois+State+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Historical+News&rft.volume=27&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=347&rft.date=1934-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWaddams+Grove%2C+Illinois" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stephenson_County-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stephenson_County_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://genealogytrails.com/ill/stephenson/historystephenson.html">History of Stephenson County</a> Retrieved on August 18, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Illinois_Family_History-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Illinois_Family_History_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Illinois_Family_History_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Illinois_Family_History_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hometown.aol.com/dcarter956/myhomepage/heritage.html">Illinois Family History Research: Place Names of the 33 Western Counties</a> Retrieved on August 19, 2007</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waddams_Grove,_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" 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Stephenson County, Illinois">Ridott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Grove_Township,_Stephenson_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Grove Township, Stephenson County, Illinois">Rock Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Run_Township,_Stephenson_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Run Township, Stephenson County, Illinois">Rock Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Creek_Township,_Stephenson_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Creek Township, Stephenson County, Illinois">Silver Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waddams_Township,_Stephenson_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Waddams Township, Stephenson County, Illinois">Waddams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Township,_Illinois" title="West Point Township, Illinois">West Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winslow_Township,_Stephenson_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Winslow Township, Stephenson County, Illinois">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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Illinois">Red Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Grove,_Illinois" title="Rock Grove, Illinois">Rock Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scioto_Mills,_Illinois" title="Scioto Mills, Illinois">Scioto Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Freeport,_Illinois&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Freeport, Illinois (page does not exist)">South Freeport</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Waddams Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winneshiek,_Illinois" title="Winneshiek, Illinois">Winneshiek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Creek,_Illinois" title="Yellow Creek, Illinois">Yellow Creek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" 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