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Services:

Public Services In Long Grove

Emergency	Dial 9-1-1	Other Emergencies
Food	Farmers Market
	Food Pantry	Vernon Township
Taxes	Eat Out Tax
	Property Tax	Long Grove | Calculator Lake County
	Sales Tax	8.00%
Transportation	Metra Train	Prairie View station | Buffalo Grove station
	Pace Bus	No routes serve Long Grove
	Senior	Pace Dial-A-Ride | Senior/Disabled Bus
Travel	Passport	Vernon Township | Ela Area Library

Facts & Figures:

More Of Long Grove

Population	~8,000
Geocoding	Latitude: 42.2025 / Longitude -88.006389
Weather

History:
History of Long Grove
"Lake County, 29 miles NW of the Loop. The 1838 survey maps show large groves of oaks standing in bluestem prairie along the southern boundary of Lake County, one of them labeled "Long Grove". Before 1840, a Yankee, John Gridley, settled at a minor trail crossing deep in Long Grove."
-- From Encyclopedia of Chicago 

History:
Long Grove History
"Check out the time travel image below to get a sense for what's left of the original "Long Grove of Trees" that the Village was named for."
-- From Long Grove Historical Society 

History:

History of Vernon Township

From the 2017 township archive: "It was in the spring of 1833 that Captain Daniel Wright settled in Vernon Township. He is noted as the first white settler in Lake County. Prior to that, the only white men were trappers and traders passing through the area..."
-- From Vernon Township 

History:
History of Ela Township
"Ela Township has a rich history dating back to when early settlers began arriving to the area in 1835, with the first town meeting being held on April 2 of that year. The original Ela Town Hall, located at 95 E. Main St., in Lake Zurich, was built in 1865 on one acre deeded to the Township by Isaac Fox." More about the history of the township can be found at the Ela Historical Society.
-- From Ela Township 

History:
History of Lake County
"In the early 1830's, the land that would become Lake County was mostly undeveloped prairie, dotted intermittently with little villages and farming communities of the native Potawatomi..."
-- From Lake County 

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