Illinois
Lake
Wauconda Township

Wauconda

Wauconda is a village in , , United States, a northwest suburb of . Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,084. It is the site of the Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a National Natural Landmark.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 14,100 residents
  • Description: village in Lake County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Wauconda, IL” and “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 60084

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bangs Lake and Wauconda Area Library.

Lake
Photo: Jensen25, Public domain.
is a natural glacial lake that is located in Wauconda, Illinois. It is named after Justus Bangs, the first permanent settler in Wauconda, who arrived in the summer of 1836.

Library
The is a public library located in Wauconda, Illinois. The library district covers portions of and Counties in and is a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System.

School
, officially Wauconda Community High School, and most commonly WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Wauconda, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tower Lakes and Island Lake.

Hamlet
is a village in , , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,226. is situated 2 miles south of Wauconda.

Village
is a village in and counties in the U.S. state of . Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,051. The village surrounds , a lake which contains a small island. is situated 3 miles northwest of Wauconda.

Village
is a village in , , . Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,100. is situated 3½ miles south of Wauconda.

Wauconda

Latitude
42.25891° or 42° 15′ 32″ north
Longitude
-88.13925° or 88° 8′ 21″ west
Population
14,100
Elevation
804 feet (245 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WQN
Open location code
86JH7V56+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153699056
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4915725
Wiki­data ID
Q2670246
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wauconda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واكوندا”
  • Basque: “Wauconda”
  • Catalan: “Wauconda”
  • Cebuano: “Wauconda”
  • Chinese: “Wauconda”
  • Chinese: “沃康達 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “沃康達”
  • Dutch: “Wauconda”
  • French: “Wauconda”
  • German: “Wauconda”
  • Gilaki: “واکندا (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “واکندا”
  • Haitian: “Wauconda, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Wauconda”
  • Italian: “Wauconda”
  • Japanese: “ワウコンダ”
  • Ladin: “Wauconda”
  • Latin: “Vauconda”
  • Latin: “Wauconda”
  • Mazanderani: “واکوندا (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “واکوندا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wauconda”
  • Polish: “Wauconda”
  • Portuguese: “Wauconda”
  • Serbian: “Воконда”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wauconda”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واوکوندا، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Wauconda (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Wauconda”
  • Swedish: “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Wauconda”
  • Turkish: “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Wauconda”
  • Ukrainian: “Воконда”
  • Vietnamese: “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Wauconda”
  • Volapük: “Wauconda”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wauconda”
  • Welsh: “Wauconda, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Wauconda”

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