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About Poplar Grove, IL

Poplar Grove is a small northern Illinois city near the Wisconsin border, about 15 miles northwest of Rockford. Take I-90 to Exit 1 at Belvidere Road, then head north 8 miles through farmland. Route 173 runs through town connecting east to the Chain O'Lakes and west toward Wisconsin. The community of 4,000 sits amid rolling agricultural land typical of northern Illinois. Poplar Grove Airport hosts an annual vintage aircraft fly-in each September.

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Poplar Grove, IL is in United States, at 42.352, -88.835 - about 5 km north-east of Timberlane, IL.

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The closest airport to Poplar Grove, IL is Chicago Rockford International Airport, 47 km (about 42 min by car).

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