Lake
Lake County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Illinois, along the shores of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,342, making it the third-most populous county in Illinois.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county of Illinois with 714,000 residents
- Description: county in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Lake County”, “Lake County, IL”, and “Lake County, Illinois”
- Neighbors: Kenosha County and McHenry County
Places of Interest
Highlights include Genesee Theatre and Waukegan station.
Genesee Theatre
Theater building
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Genesee Theatre is a concert hall and movie palace in Waukegan, Illinois. Today, the venue has seats for 2,403 people and opened in 1927. It's both used as a vaudeville theater and cinema and hosts musical artists and shows.
Waukegan station
Railway station
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Waukegan is a railroad station in Waukegan, Illinois, served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line. It is officially located on 95 North Spring Street, is 36.0 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the inbound terminus of the Union Pacific North Line, and also serves commuters who travel north to Kenosha, Wisconsin.
North Chicago station
Railway station
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North Chicago is one of two commuter rail stations on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in North Chicago, Illinois. North Chicago is located at 1633 Lakeside Avenue, 33.7 miles away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waukegan and North Chicago.
Waukegan
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Waukegan is in the Far North Suburbs of the Chicagoland region of Illinois. It sits on Lake Michigan, has a large harbor, and is the county seat of Lake County, Illinois.
North Chicago
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North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and Mundelein.
Gurnee
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Gurnee is a village in Illinois. It sits at the midpoint between Chicago and Milwaukee. It's best known as the home of the Six Flags Great America amusement park, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago water park, the Gurnee Mills shopping mall, and a Great Wolf Lodge location.
Lake
- Location: Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lake” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lake County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة ليك”
- Arabic: “مقاطعه ليك، إلينوي”
- Armenian: “Լեյք շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Lake”
- Azerbaijani: “Leyk”
- Basque: “Lake konderria”
- Bavarian: “Lake County, Illinois”
- Bavarian: “Lake County”
- Belarusian: “Лейк”
- Bishnupriya: “লেক কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
- Bishnupriya: “লেক কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Лейк”
- Catalan: “comtat de Lake”
- Cebuano: “Lake County”
- Chechen: “Лейк (гуо, Иллинойс)”
- Chechen: “Лейк”
- Chinese: “Lake Kūn”
- Chinese: “湖縣”
- Chinese: “莱克县”
- Chinese: “萊克縣”
- Dutch: “Lake County”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ليك، ايلينوى”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة ليك”
- Esperanto: “kantono Lago”
- Esperanto: “kantono Lake”
- Estonian: “Lake’i maakond”
- Finnish: “Laken piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Lake”
- French: “Comté de Lake”
- French: “Lake County”
- Georgian: “ლეიკის ოლქი”
- German: “Lake County”
- Gilaki: “لیک ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “لیک ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Λέικ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז לייק”
- Hungarian: “Lake megye”
- Irish: “Contae Lake, Illinois”
- Irish: “Contae Lake”
- Italian: “contea di Lake”
- Italian: “Contea di Lake”
- Japanese: “レイク・カウンティ”
- Japanese: “レイク郡”
- Korean: “레이크군”
- Latin: “Lacus comitatus”
- Latin: “Lake Comitatus”
- Low German: “Lake County”
- Luxembourgish: “Lake County”
- Mazanderani: “لیک شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “لیک شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Lake Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lake Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake County i Illinois”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake County”
- Norwegian: “Lake County”
- Ossetian: “Лейк (зылд, Иллинойс)”
- Ossetian: “Лейк”
- Persian: “شهرستان لیک”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Lake”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Lake”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Lake, Illinois”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Lake”
- Russian: “Лейк”
- Sardinian: “contea de Lake”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lake County”
- Serbian: “Округ Лејк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake County, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake County”
- Slovenian: “Lake County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Lake”
- South Azerbaijani: “لئیک بؤلگهسی، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Condado de Lake, Illinois”
- Spanish: “Condado de Lake”
- Swedish: “Lake County, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Lake County”
- Tatar: “Лейк (округ, Иллинойс)”
- Tatar: “Лейк”
- Turkish: “Lake County, IL”
- Turkish: “Lake County, Ill.”
- Turkish: “Lake County, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Lake County”
- Turkish: “Lake ilçesi, IL”
- Turkish: “Lake ilçesi, Ill.”
- Turkish: “Lake ilçesi, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Lake ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Лейк”
- Urdu: “لیک کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “لیک کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Lake”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Lake, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Lake”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lake, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lake”
- Welsh: “Lake County, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Lake County”
- Western Panjabi: “لیک کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
- Western Panjabi: “لیک کاؤنٹی”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Park City and Spaulding Corners.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belvidere Mall Shopping Center and Kocal Field.
Illinois: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Places to Discover
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