Lake County

Lake County is the northwesternmost county of , which also comprises the southeastern portion of the region.
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is a city in Lake County, . It is perhaps best known as the birthplace of the legendary pop star Michael Jackson. Founded in 1906 as a company town for U.S. Steel, it thrived in the 1950s and early 60s and earned the nickname "The Magic City".

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is a city of some 76,000 people in Lake County, —bordering . Most visitors will find themselves passing through or on business, but Chicagoans would do well to include it in a close-in Lake County day…

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is a city in Lake County, , and a suburb of . had its start in 1893, and, with the arrival of Inland Steel in 1903, it soon became the most industrialized city in America, with some 80% of the area relegated to heavy industry.

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is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,752 at the 2020 census, up from 29,059 in 2010. It has been historically primarily residential, though recent annexation has added a notable retail corridor to the city.

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is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 34,884 per the 2023 American Community Survey. The city was incorporated in 1868.

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, formerly known as East Gary, is a bedroom community of in Lake County, .

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is a city of 36,000 people in Lake County, . is a hub for retail trade in Northwest Indiana. The US 30 corridor between Taft Street and Colorado Street has a large concentration of big-box retailers, hotels, restaurants, and automobile dealerships.

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is in Lake County, . Today is a quiet town that is in the midst of continual growth. The town is excellent at planning and has developed an award winning school system.

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is a town in , Lake County, , United States. The population was 16,517 at the 2020 census. It is a southeastern suburb of .

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is a town in and townships, Lake County, , United States. The population was 29,646 at the 2020 census It is a suburb of , located 30 miles south of the city.

Lake County

Latitude of center
41.4194° or 41° 25′ 10″ north
Longitude of center
-87.3692° or 87° 22′ 9″ west
Population
499,000
Elevation
663 feet (202 metres)
Named after
Lake Michigan
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316954388
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4922493
Wiki­data ID
Q512951
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lake County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليك (إنديانا)”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليك”
  • Armenian: “Լեյք շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lake”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leyk Kaunti”
  • Basque: “Lake konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lake County, Indiana”
  • Bavarian: “Lake County”
  • Belarusian: “Лейк”
  • Bishnupriya: “লেক কাউন্টি, ইন্ডিয়ানা”
  • Bishnupriya: “লেক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Лейк”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lake”
  • Cebuano: “Lake County”
  • Chechen: “Лейк (гуо, Индиана)”
  • Chechen: “Лейк”
  • Chinese: “Lake Kūn”
  • Chinese: “湖县”
  • Chinese: “湖縣”
  • Chinese: “莱克县”
  • Chinese: “萊克縣”
  • Corsican: “cuntea di Lake (Indiana)”
  • Corsican: “cuntea di Lake”
  • Dutch: “Lake County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lago”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lake”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Lake”
  • Esperanto: “Lake County”
  • Estonian: “Lake’i maakond”
  • Estonian: “Lakei maakond”
  • Finnish: “Laken piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Lake”
  • French: “Comté de Lake”
  • French: “Lake County”
  • Georgian: “ლეიკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Lake County”
  • Gilaki: “لیک ٚ شأرستان (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “لیک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λέικ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λέικ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לייק”
  • Hindi: “लेक काउंटी, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “लेक काउंटी”
  • Hungarian: “Lake megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Lake”
  • Italian: “contea di Lake”
  • Italian: “Contea di Lake”
  • Italian: “Lake County”
  • Japanese: “レイク・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “レイク郡”
  • Kashmiri: “لیک کاونٛٹی، اِنٛڈیانا”
  • Kashmiri: “لیک کاونٛٹی”
  • Korean: “레이크군”
  • Low German: “Lake County”
  • Mazanderani: “لیک شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lake Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake County i Indiana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lake County”
  • Norwegian: “Lake County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “comtat de Lake”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat de Lake”
  • Ossetian: “Лейк (зылд, Индианæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Лейк”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لیک، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لیک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lake”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Lake”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lake”
  • Portuguese: “Lake County”
  • Russian: “Лейк”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lake”
  • Scots: “Lake Coontie”
  • Scots: “Lake Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lake County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лејк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lake County, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lake County”
  • Slovenian: “Lake County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Lake”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لئیک بؤلگه‌سی، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “condado de Lake”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lake”
  • Spanish: “Lake County”
  • Swedish: “Lake County, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Lake County”
  • Tajik: “Лейк”
  • Tatar: “Лейк (округ, Индиана)”
  • Tatar: “Лейк”
  • Turkish: “Lake County, IN”
  • Turkish: “Lake County, Ind.”
  • Turkish: “Lake County, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Lake County”
  • Turkish: “Lake ilçesi, IN”
  • Turkish: “Lake ilçesi, Ind.”
  • Turkish: “Lake ilçesi, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Lake ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейк”
  • Urdu: “لیک کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “لیک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lake”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lake, Indiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lake”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lake, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lake”
  • Welsh: “Lake County, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Lake County”

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