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The main trail of Ravine Park. Lake Bluff is located in the North Shore area at (42.281, -87 [5]A New Year's Day moonrise over Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, Lake Bluff has a total area of 4.057 square miles (10.51 km 2), of which 4.05 square miles (10.49 km 2) (or 99.83%) is land and 0.007 square miles (0.02 km 2) (or 0.17%) is water. [6]
Ravine Park, as its name suggests, comprises one of the thirty or so ravines lining the North Shore of Chicago. The ravines formed as water drained from the high moraine bluffs north of Chicago into Lake Michigan after the retreat of the area's last glacier roughly 12,000 years ago. [2][3] In general, the ravines of northeastern Illinois are as ...
The land that is now Libertyville was the property of the Illinois River Potawatomi Indians until August 1829, when economic and resource pressures forced the tribe to sell much of their land in northern Illinois to the U.S. government for $12,000 cash, an additional $12,000 in goods, plus an annual delivery of 50 barrels of salt.
UTC-5 (CDT) FIPS code. 17-097-18004. Website. www.cubatownship.com. Cuba Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 16,826. [2] Cuba Township was originally named Troy Township, but was renamed to Cuba in support of the López Expedition of 1851, when it was discovered the township name of ...
Knollwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,221. [2] It is located within Shields Township and Libertyville Township. Knollwood shares a ZIP Code with the neighboring village of Lake Bluff, and children attend Lake Bluff schools.
FIPS code. 17-097-69485. Website. www.shieldstownship.com. Shields Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,062. [2] The Naval Station Great Lakes is located in this township.
Rondout is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States that first formed around a railroad junction. The area is located within Libertyville Township . As Rondout is an unincorporated community rather than a municipality, it lacks clearly defined borders, and shares postal codes with Lake Bluff , Lake Forest and ...
Website. www.mettawa.org. Mettawa is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 533. [ 2 ] The village maintains trails for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian usage. Five forest preserves of the Lake County Forest Preserve District are located within village boundaries.