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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 ...
The event was a financial success which attracted prominent entertainers and groups, many of whom also played the Illinois State Fair; the fair consequently became known as Illinois' "little State Fair" or "second State Fair". [3] Du Quoin State Fairgrounds has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 1990.
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.
Grayslake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States.The village's population at the 2020 census was 21,248. [3] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago's downtown, 14 miles (23 km) west of Lake Michigan, and 15 miles (24 km) south of the Wisconsin border.
Lake County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Illinois, along the shores of Lake Michigan. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,342, [1] making it the third-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Waukegan, the tenth-largest city in Illinois. [2]
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]
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]