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Hanover

The present site of Hanover was a Sac and Fox Indian village when white settlers came to farm the area in 1828. The community's original name was Wapello after the chief of the Indian village.  In 1849, the name was changed to Hanover.

A natural drop in the Apple River made the location ideal as a dam and mill site.  In 1863 the Hanover Woolen Mill was started, and in 1929 the organization built the large building now standing beside Crescent Falls Dam. The woolen mill operated until 1949.  It is currently run by Invensys, Hanover's largest employer.

About 13,000 acres of land outside of Hanover is known as the Savanna Army Depot. Hanover is known as the Mallard Capitol of the World: Whistling Wings, the world's largest duck hatchery, annually supplies ducks to restaurants and wildlife refuges.



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