Shabbona Grove, Illinois

Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 1,550 acres (630 ha) in Shabbona Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona. Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres (630 ha) of rolling prairie and a 318.8 acres (129.0 ha) man-made fishing lake. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area provides a convenient, natural haven from the hustle and bustle of daily life.

The Shabbona Hotel is a historic hotel building at 104 West Comanche Street in Shabbona, Illinois. Built in 1897 by L. C. Card, the hotel was the second in Shabbona; the first, the Shabbona House, opened in 1874 and burned down in 1894. The two-story vernacular brick building had ten rooms in addition to two apartments, a living space for its owners, and a restaurant in its basement. It provided lodging to both out-of-town visitors and the many workers on Shabbona's two railroad lines, one of which was adjacent to the hotel. The hotel also served as a meeting place for Shabbona residents, and visiting optometrists provided eye exams and services from the hotel. In the 1930s, the hotel was converted to apartments.The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 2021.

Shabbona () is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 863 at the 2020 census, down from 925 at the 2010 census.

Shabbona Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,344 and it contained 600 housing units. The township contains the Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve and Shabbona Lake State Park.

Nisbet Homestead Farm, also known as the Old Stone House, is located near the LaSalle County town of Earlville, Illinois. The farm itself is actually in DeKalb County. The homestead is a stone structure, the only one in DeKalb County. The stone house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on May 31, 1984.

Paw Paw Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 345 and it contained 130 housing units.

Rollo is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, located 5 miles (8.0 km) east-southeast of Paw Paw.

Rollo Congregational United Church of Christ is a Congregational church at 2471 Weddell Street in Rollo, Illinois. Rollo's Congregational church was founded in 1865; it originally met in a wooden church in rural Paw Paw Township and moved to Rollo in 1886. The present church building was built in 1913 after a storm damaged the previous church. Built by Andrew Svihus of nearby Shabbona, the church has a vernacular side steeple plan with Romanesque Revival details. Its design includes a brick exterior marked by pilasters and corbelling, a cross-gabled roof with a front-facing gable, a smaller gable above the front entrance, and a bell tower at the southeast corner.The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 2019.

Clinton Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,828 and it contained 749 housing units.

Waterman is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2020 census.The village is known for the DeKalb Ag seed corn processing plant, now owned by the German company, Bayer. The "Waterman and Western" train line that operates in Lion's Club Park is a 1/3 scale train line with a 1/2 mile train line circling the park and is a hobby of a local resident.

East Paw Paw is an unincorporated community in DeKalb and Lee counties, Illinois, United States, located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Paw Paw.

McGirr is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, located3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northwest of Waterman.