Rollo, Illinois

Rollo, Illinois
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°40′23″N 88°53′10″W / 41.67306°N 88.88611°W / 41.67306; -88.88611Coordinates: 41°40′23″N 88°53′10″W / 41.67306°N 88.88611°W / 41.67306; -88.88611
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	DeKalb
Elevation	748 ft (228 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	815 & 779
GNIS feature ID	422018^[1]

Rollo is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, located 5 miles (8.0 km) east-southeast of Paw Paw.

History

A post office called Rollo was established in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1922.^[2] The community was named after the Rollo Books^[3] by Jacob Abbott.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rollo, Illinois
↑ "DeKalb County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 119.

Municipalities and communities of DeKalb County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Sycamore

Cities	DeKalb Genoa Sandwich‡ Sycamore

Town	Cortland

Villages	Hinckley Kingston Kirkland Lee‡ Malta Maple Park‡ Shabbona Somonauk‡ Waterman

Townships	Afton Clinton Cortland DeKalb Franklin Genoa Kingston Malta Mayfield Milan Paw Paw Pierce Sandwich Shabbona Somonauk South Grove Squaw Grove Sycamore Victor

Unincorporated communities	Afton Center Charter Grove Clare Colvin Park East Paw Paw‡ Elva Esmond Fairdale Five Points Franks McGirr New Lebanon Rollo Shabbona Grove Wilkinson

Ghost towns	Brush Point Coltonville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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