Editing Troy Grove, Illinois (section)

==History==
[[File:Troy Grove Depot.jpg|thumb|left|Troy Grove [[Chicago & Northwestern Railroad|C&NW]] depot ca. 1920]]
Originally laid out as Homer, Illinois, the village was named by an early settler who emigrated from [[Homer, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IL&county=La+Salle&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=LaSalle County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref> As the town of [[Homer, Illinois]] already had a Post Office, the community took its name from a nearby grove, which was named for an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA131|year=1908|page=131}}</ref> A Post Office has been in operation under the name of Troy Grove since 1837.
[[File:1939 C&NW Time Table.jpg|thumb|left|1939 C&NW Time Table listing the Troy Grove Depot]]
In the early 1830s a [[sawmill]] was built which facilitated the construction of a new [[One-room school|schoolhouse]] in 1837. The village grew for several years and was home to several shops and businesses. The first store to open was owned by William Alonzo Hickok, father of [[Wild Bill Hickok]]. One of the first [[Presbyterian]] churches in the county was founded here in 1849 with a congregation of just 8 members. A [[gristmill]] was constructed in 1861 <ref name="past">{{Cite book |last=Kett |first=H.F. |title=The Past and present of La Salle County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of La Salle County, history of Illinois, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc, etc. |year=1877 |pages=347–349}}</ref>

The village was previously served by the [[Northern Illinois Railroad]]<ref name="past" /> and the [[Chicago & Northwestern Railroad]]. Passenger service was ended in the early 1950s. The railroad is today owned and operated by [[Union Pacific]] to haul raw material from the active [[silica]] mines.<ref name="timetable">{{Cite web |date=October 8, 1939 |title=1939 C&NW Timetable (Troy Grove listed in table 41) |url=https://streamlinermemories.info/CNW/C&NW39TT.pdf |access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref>