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Lindenwood, Illinois

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lynnville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61049. It stands on Spring Run. The Survey maps it on the Kings quadrangle.

Lindenwood within Ogle County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

424 words on this township

Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886 names this settlement in its chapter on Lynnville Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Among the early settlers were Dr. Andrews, Lewis Piper, David Edrington, Calvin R. Hoadley, John Jenks, Calvin Hamlin and Elijah Dresser, Daniel Champion, Chas. Burroughs, Wm. Stocking, Mr. Phelps, David Fletcher, John C. Roberts and Mr. Campbell. The date of the first settlement was unknown by the persons interviewed for history, but was prior to 1840, and at the grove near the present post office of Lindenwood Dr. Andrews and Mr. Piper were quite prominent at an early day. Wm. Stocking is one of the most prominent men in Rochelle, the senior member of the banking house of Wm. Stocking & Co. Foranumber of years he was president of the Agricultural Society at Rochelle.

Passage source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886.

Lyunville is a small settlement in the northwestern part of the township, at the edge of the Grove, its post office being Lindenwood. A store was started here about 1848, by Mr. Porter, who was subsequently burned out. At present there is a store kept by George Jones, a blacksmith shop, school house, church and about 20 dwelling houses. -

Passage source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, published 1886.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Lynnville Township.

Fires near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lindenwood in 2005, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ogle County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lindenwood: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dummer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ogle County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lindenwood in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLindenwood$5,000A medium size grain bin was lifted off its foundation and laid over on its side in Lindenwood.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Lindenwood-A tornado with estimated peak winds of 75 mph touched down in far eastern Ogle County, just southwest of Esmond producing mainly crop damage before it quickly crossed into De Kalb County.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLindenwood-A number of trees were reported down in Lindenwood.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLindenwood-Numerous healthy pine trees were snapped several feet above the ground. Two of the trees landed on a garage causing damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLindenwood-Tree damage was reported in Lindenwood. A large shed on the south side of town lost all of its roof and part of a wall. A 60 foot tall communications tower was blown down. Photos of crop damage were shared on social media.
August 2021Tornado (EF0)Lindenwood-A tornado with peak winds of 85 mph touched down just east of Interstate 39 and south of Route 64. Significant damage occurred to a farm outbuilding on South Chamberlain Road. The tornado damaged crops along its path in Ogle County and crossed into DeKalb County between Route 64 and Welty Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLindenwood-A large tree limb was blown down blocking Gibson Road near the De Kalb/Ogle County line.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Lindenwood-A brief satellite tornado formed over far eastern Ogle County. The tornado was confirmed during an aerial survey. (Tornado 3 of 7).
May 2014HailLindenwood-Quarter size hail was reported on I-39 near mile marker 104.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLindenwood-Trees and wires were blown down.
April 2026HailLindenwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ogle County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Monroe Center3.5 miles16
Holcomb3.5 miles16
Davis Junction4.7 miles16
White Rock Center5.0 miles16
Kings5.2 miles16
White Rock5.6 miles15
Vanland (historical)7.1 miles15
Hillcrest7.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 412230. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.