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Galt, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Whiteside
Elevation	640 ft (200 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	61037
Area code(s)	815 & 779
GNIS feature ID	408859

Galt is an unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. Galt is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Sterling and has a post office with ZIP code 61037.

History

The community was named for John Galt, an early landowner.

Municipalities and communities of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Morrison

Cities	Fulton Morrison Prophetstown Rock Falls Sterling

Villages	Albany Coleta Deer Grove Erie Lyndon Tampico

Townships	Albany Clyde Coloma Erie Fenton Fulton Garden Plain Genesee Hahnaman Hopkins Hume Jordan Lyndon Montmorency Mount Pleasant Newton Portland Prophetstown Sterling Tampico Union Grove Ustick

CDP	Como

Other unincorporated communities	Agnew Denrock Douglas Park East Clinton East Fulton Emerson Fenton Galt Grimes Addition Hahnaman Leon Corners Malvern Maple Lane Mineral Springs Penrose Portland Corners Riverview Round Grove Shore Acres Steelton Union Grove Unionville Yeoward Addition

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