Ballou is an unincorporated community in southern Will County, Illinois United States. It is located three miles southeast of the city of Wilmington in Wesley Township.
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![]() ![]() Ballou Location of Ballou within Illinois | |
Coordinates: 41°16′39″N 88°06′07″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Will |
Township | Wesley |
Elevation | 604 ft (184 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Postal code | 60481 |
Area codes | 815, 779 |
GNIS feature ID | 422429[1] |
Ballou is home to only a few houses and a grain elevator that serves the area farms. Other than the eponymous Ballou Road, a two-lane country road, there are no city streets or services. A railroad track that formerly crossed Ballou Road next to the grain elevator was dismantled in the 1990s.
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County seat: Joliet | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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