Funks Grove, Illinois

Funks Grove, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Funks Grove Chapel
Funks Grove Chapel
Funks Grove is located in Illinois
Funks Grove
Funks Grove
Funks Grove is located in the United States
Funks Grove
Funks Grove
Coordinates: 40°21′49″N 89°06′52″W / 40.36361°N 89.11444°W / 40.36361; -89.11444
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyMcLean
Elevation
692 ft (211 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code309
GNIS feature ID422723[1]

Funks Grove is a historic unincorporated community on U.S. Route 66 in McLean County, Illinois, United States, southwest of Bloomington. The grove for which the settlement is named, Funk's Grove, is a National Natural Landmark.

Natural history

Funks Grove Nature area in Illinois

Illinois's Grand Prairie is spotted with groves, small patches of land where local terrain conditions discouraged prairie fires and allowed trees to reach maturity. One of these spots is the lower drainage of Timber Creek, a prairie rivulet that forms a tributary of Sugar Creek. All of these creeks eventually form part of the Sangamon River drainage of the Illinois River.[2]

The banks of Timber Creek, in early historic times, were thickly forested with white oaks, bur oaks, and sugar maple trees. The white oak became the state tree of Illinois, while the sugar maples were used by local Illini Native Americans to make springtime maple syrup and maple sugar.[3]

Maple sweetening was highly prized among early Euro-American settlers, and as early as 1824 Isaac Funk settled here. The Funk family began to sell sirup commercially in 1891, and the family continues to control and harvest much of the grove as of 2008.[3]

Funks Grove today

An 18.6-acre (7.5 ha) parcel within the largely privately owned grove was dedicated by the state of Illinois in 1985 as the Funk's Grove Nature Preserve.[2]

Due to fire suppression, the makeup of tree life in Funk's Grove is changing from historic times, with the original oaks not reproducing themselves naturally.[2]

Funks Grove continues to be a favorite landmark for users of historic U.S. Route 66, which is signed in McLean County as it passes through the grove. In addition, a rest stop lies on the edge of the grove on Interstate 55 at Illinois Milepost 149. The rest stop contains some memorabilia of the grove.

Funks Grove Nature Spaces

Funks Grove Nature Spaces opened in October 2004 and is run by a non-profit organization. Originally called Sugar Grove Nature Center, it was renamed in April 2024. It features a recreated tallgrass prairie and old-growth grove with trails to view native plants and wildlife; nature play spaces; bird and wildlife viewing spaces; and more.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Funks Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c "Funk's Grove Nature Preserve: McLean County". Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Funks Grove History". Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2008.
  4. ^ "Nature Partners Program". Sugar Grove Nature Center. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
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  1. ^ Osman Topo Map in McLean County IL
  2. ^ "Osman, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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