Wauconda Cemetery

Wauconda Cemetery is a cemetery in Wauconda Township, Lake, Illinois. Wauconda Cemetery is situated nearby to Bangs Lake, as well as near the neighborhood Tower Lakes.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bangs Lake and Wauconda Area Library.

Bangs Lake

Lake

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Bangs Lake 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.

The Wauconda Area Library is a public library located in Wauconda, Illinois. The library district covers portions of Lake and McHenry Counties in Illinois and is a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System. Wauconda Area Library is situated 1 mile north of Wauconda Cemetery.

Wauconda High School

School

Wauconda High 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 United States. Wauconda High School is situated 1 mile northwest of Wauconda Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wauconda and Tower Lakes.

Wauconda

Town

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Wauconda is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,084. It is the site of the Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a National Natural Landmark.

Tower Lakes

Neighborhood

Tower Lakes is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,226. Tower Lakes is situated 2 miles south of Wauconda Cemetery.

Island Lake

Village

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

Wauconda Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Wauconda Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.25592° or 42° 15′ 21″ north

Longitude

-88.13986° or 88° 8′ 24″ west

Elevation

804 feet (245 metres)

Open location code

86JH7V46+93

OpenStreetMap ID

way 185188321

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4915728

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