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Rochelle (Ill.)

LC control no.n 82043363
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Geographic headingRochelle (Ill.)
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Geographic subdivision usageIllinois--Rochelle
Variant(s)Rochelle, Ill.
Hub City (Ill.)
Hickory Grove (Ill.)
See alsoLane (Ogle County, Ill.)
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Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading valid for use as a subject after Apr. 10, 1872, when Lane, Ill. changed its name to Rochelle. For works on Rochelle before this date, assign the heading: Lane (Ogle County, Ill.). See: no2014165641
Found inGeoNames, Apr. 3, 2015 (ppl; N 41° 55' 26'' W 89° 4' 7''; variant names: Hub City; Hickory Grove)
Wikipedia, Apr. 3, 2015 (Rochelle is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States.... Rochelle is known as the "Hub City" because of its location at the intersection of several major transportation routes)
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle,_Illinois#Hub>
History of Ogle County, c1878: p. 528 (In obediance to a petition, the Board of Trustees called an election on the 10th of April, 1872, to vote on the question as to whether the [Village of Lane] should become incorporated as the "City of Rochelle.")
Hegberg, Carol. Rochelle, c2007: p. 130 (In 1853, Robert P. Lane purchased land ... near the settlement known as Hickory Grove, and the community became officially known as Lane. After a hanging scandal, the citizens renamed their village Rochelle)
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