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Naval Station Great Lakes is the largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training station in the Navy. The base has 1,153 buildings situated on 1,628 acres (6.59 km 2 ) and has 69 mi (111 km) of roadway to provide access to the base's facilities.
The Mercer County Fairgrounds, located on 12th Avenue SW in Aledo, are the home of the annual county fair in Mercer County, Illinois. The fairgrounds were established in 1869 when the fair moved to Aledo; from its creation in 1853 until then, it had taken place in Millersburg .
See who won new titles and awards at the annual Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs convention, held this past weekend in Springfield. County fair queens, others receive honors, titles at ...
North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census [ 2 ] making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and Mundelein .
Paleo-Indian cultures were the earliest in North America, with a presence in the Great Plains and Great Lakes areas from about 12,000 BCE to around 8,000 BCE. [citation needed] Prior to European settlement, Iroquoian people lived around Lakes Erie and Ontario, [2] Algonquian peoples around most of the rest, and a variety of other indigenous nation-peoples including the Menominee, Ojibwa ...
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.
In August, the city is the site of the Illinois State Fair at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Although not born in Springfield, Lincoln is the city's most famous resident. He lived there for 24 years. [16] The only home he ever owned is open to the public, seven days a week, free of charge, and operated by the National Park Service. [16]
Palatine (/ ˈ p æ l ə t aɪ n /) is a village in Cook and Lake counties, Illinois, United States. It is a northwestern residential suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 67,908. [4] As of the 2010 Census, it was the seventh-largest community in Cook County [5] and the 18th-largest in Illinois. [6]