Lake

Lake County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of , along the shores of . As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,342, making it the third-most populous county in Illinois.
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  • Type: county of Illinois with 714,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Condado de Lake, Illinois”, “kantono Lake”, “Lake County”, “Lake County i Illinois”, “Lake County, IL”, “Lake County, Ill.”, “Lake County, Illinois”, “Lake ilçesi, IL”, “Lake ilçesi, Ill.”, “Lake ilçesi, Illinois”, “Okrožje Lake”, “مقاطعه ليك، إلينوي”, “レイク・カウンティ”, and “湖縣”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: North Chicago station and Waukegan station.

Railway station
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North Chicago is one of two commuter rail stations…

Railway station
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Waukegan is a railroad station in , served by 's Union Pacific North Line.

Theater building
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is a concert hall and movie palace in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waukegan and North Chicago.

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is in the of the region of .

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is a city in Lake County, Illinois…

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is a village in .

Lake

Latitude
42.3494° or 42° 20′ 58″ north
Longitude
-87.8618° or 87° 51′ 42″ west
Population
714,000
Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)
Open location code
86JJ84XQ+Q7
Geo­Names ID
4898998
Wiki­data ID
Q484263
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lake” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lake County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليك”
  • 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: “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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لئیک بؤلگه‌سی، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lake”
  • Swedish: “Lake County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Lake County”
  • Tatar: “Лейк (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Лейк”
  • Turkish: “Lake County, 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

Places to explore: Park City and Spaulding Corners.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Belvidere Mall Shopping Center and Kocal Field.

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