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Lockport is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States, located 30 miles southwest of Chicago.Per the 2020 census, the population was 26,094. [3] The city was incorporated in 1853. [4]
Lockport Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 60,010 and it contained 22,016 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 60,010 and it contained 22,016 housing units.
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This is a list of the area codes in the state of Illinois and its numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan.. All NPAs within Illinois. 217/447: Central Illinois, including the region running west from the Illinois-Indiana border through Danville, Effingham, Champaign–Urbana, Decatur, Springfield, Quincy until Illinois' western border with Missouri and Iowa
The downtown district of Lockport was platted in 1836, the same year that construction began on the Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M Canal). Two years later, Lockport was designated as the headquarters for the I&M. Due to the importance of the canal for commerce, the downtown district runs parallel to it.
Lockport, situated about 1/3 of the way from the starting point (the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago on the Chicago River) and the end point (LaSalle, Illinois on the Illinois River), was a natural location for canal planning, staging and warehousing operations. The I&M canal headquarters were thus in Lockport. [3]
Lockport station is a station on Metra's Heritage Corridor in Lockport, Illinois. The station is 32.9 miles (52.9 km) away from Union Station , the northern terminus of the line. [ 2 ] In Metra's zone-based fare system, Lockport is in zone 4.
Illinois Route 7 (IL 7, Illinois 7) is a northeast–southwest state route in northeastern Illinois. Currently, IL 7 runs from U.S. Route 6 (US 6) at Rockdale north through Joliet, and Crest Hill into Lockport, and then east to Orland Park before terminating at IL 43 in Worth. IL 7 runs for about 28.06 miles (45.16 km). [1]