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Lake County, Illinois

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144newspaper titles
0digitized titles
96historic places
1800earliest paper
1839formed
714,342pop. 2020
86cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 144 newspaper titles published in Lake County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 96 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Highland Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Lake

Library of Congress
144 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Gray's Lake EnterpriseGrayslake1800–1999
Highland Park HeraldHighland Park1800–1999
Lake County PostWaukegan1800–1899
Lake County VisitorLittle Fort1800–1899
Lake Forest EraChicago, Lake Forest1800–1999
Lake Villa AdvocateLake Villa1800–1999
The Antioch NewsAntioch1800–1985
The Independent DemocratWaukegan1800–?
The Lake County TimesLibertyville, Chicago1800–1999
Lake County HeraldLittle Fort, Waukegan1845–1899
Little Fort Porcupine and Democratic BannerLittle Fort, Waukegan1845–1847
Lake County ChronicleLittle Fort, Waukegan1847–1849
Lake County VisiterLittle Fort, Waukegan1847–1899
Cody's AdvertiserWaukegan1849–1899
Chronicle and AdvocateWaukegan1850–1859
Freeman's AdvocateWaukegan1854–1855
Lake County CitizenWaukegan1859–1860
Lake County DemocratWaukegan1860–?
The Lake County PatriotWaukegan1866–1897
Lake Forest GemLake Forest1867–1867
Daily PatriotWaukegan1874–1899
Highland Park NewsHighland Park1874–1875
Lake County TidingsWaukegan1879–1899
The Lake County RepublicanWaukegan1880–1899
D.M. Erskine, Jr.'s Insurance and Real Estate JournalHighland Park1883–1899
Cook County IndependentLibertyville1890–1999
The Lake ForesterLake Forest1890–1943
Lake Zurich IndependentLibertyville1892–1999
Grayslake IndependentLibertyville1893–1906
Lake County IndependentLibertyville1893–1906
Highland Park NewsHighland Park1896–1899
Deerfield ReviewHighland Park, Deerfield1900–1964
Highland Park Mail-AdvertiserHighland Park1900–1983
Highwood NewsHighwood1900–1999
Lake Bluff EchoLake Bluff1900–1999
Lake Bluff EchoNorth Chicago1900–1999
Lake County Labor NewsWaukegan1900–1999
Lincolnshire NewsPrairie View1900–?
The Benton NewsBenton, North Chicago, Winthrop Harbor1900–?
Highland Park News-LetterHighland Park1904–1907
The Grayslake TimesGrayslake1905–?
Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly SunLibertyville1906–1916
Antioch Semi-Weekly AdvertiserAntioch1908–?
Lake Bluff ChatLake Bluff1909–1999
The Highland Park PressHighland Park1912–1999
Common SenseLake Bluff1914–1915
Lake Bluff ReviewLake Bluff1915–1999
Lake County TribuneGrayslake1916–1999
Libertyville IndependentLibertyville1916–1930
The Fort Sheridan ReveilleFort Sheridan1916–1999
Great Lakes BulletinGreat Lakes1918–?
The Fort Sheridan RecallFort Sheridan, Chicago1919–1920
The Lake County RegisterLibertyville1922–1930
The IndependentZion1925–1927
Highland Park NewsHighland Park1926–?
The Benton AdvertiserZion1930–1931
The Independent-RegisterLibertyville1930–1987
Community NewsZion1931–1949
The Deerfield NewsDeerfield1931–1941
Libertyville NewsLibertyville1932–1999
Libertyville-Mundelein Shoppers NewsLibertyville1932–1932
Libertyville-Mundelein Shopping NewsNorth Chicago1932–1932
Lake Bluff VillagerLake Bluff1934–1934
Lotus NewsFox Lake1934–1999
Lotus NewsFox Lake1934–1999
The Lakes GazetteRound Lake1940–1942
Fort Sheridan TowerFort Sheridan1942–1959
The Lake Forester and Lake Forest NewsLake Forest1943–1969
Lake County MirrorBarrington1950–1999
The Fox Lake PressGrayslake1955–?
Lincolnshire NewsLincolnshire1957–?
Fort Sheridan TowerHighland Park1958–1971
The Frontier EnterpriseLake Zurich1958–1987
Lake Villa RecordGrayslake1959–2006
The Lake Zurich Courier-ReviewLake Zurich1959–1961
Deerfield ReviewDeerfield1960–1969
Lake Bluff ReviewLake Bluff1960–1973
Highland ParkerHighland Park1963–1964
Deerfield Review and Vernon ReviewDeerfield, Highland Park1964–1969
Highland Park Star and Highland ParkerHighland Park1964–1964
The Highland Park StarHighland Park1964–1968
Antioch ReporterAntioch1966–1985
Deerfield VillagerHighland Park1966–1969
Highland Park HeraldHighland Park1966–1969
Deerfield LifeDeerfield, Highland Park1967–?
Highland Park LifeHighland Park1967–?
Highwood HeraldHighland Park, Highwood1967–1999
Highwood LifeHighwood1967–1970
Lake Bluff LamplighterHighland Park, Lake Bluff1967–1969
Lake County LifeLake Forest1967–1974
Lake Forest LamplighterHighland Park, Lake Forest1967–1969
Bi-State ReporterAntioch1968–?
Ft. Sheridan LifeHighland Park1968–1970
Deerfield ReviewVernon Hills, Deerfield, Bannockburn1969–?
Lake ForesterLake Forest, Lake Bluff1969–?
The Lake ForesterLake Forest1969–?
CountrysideBarrington1970–1976
Highwood Ft. Sheridan LifeHighland Park1970–1975
The HeraldMundelein1971–?
Fox Valley CountrysideBarrington1972–1976
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Mail-AdvertiserLake Forest1973–1974
Lincolnshire LifeHighland Park1973–1974
Fremont PatriotWauconda1974–1983
Gurnee PressGurnee1974–2009
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff News-AdvertiserLake Forest1974–1983
Lincolnshire Lake County LifeHighland Park1974–1975
Fox Valley CountrysideBarrington1976–1989
Fox Valley CountrysideBarrington1976–1982
Kenosha News CourierAntioch, Bassett, Brighton1976–?
Lake Forest Lake County LifeHighland Park1976–?
Lakes CountrysideBarrington1976–1986
Buffalo Grove BladeBuffalo Grove1977–?
Buffalo Grove LifeHighland Park1978–?
Evanston News/VoiceGlenview, Highland Park1980–?
Glencoe News/VoiceHighland Park, Glencoe1980–?
Algonquin CountrysideBarrington1982–?
Carpentersville CountrysideBarrington1982–1983
Cary Grove CountrysideBarrington1982–?
Crystal Lake CountrysideBarrington1982–1986
Dundee CountrysideBarrington1982–1983
Libertyville ReviewBannockburn, Vernon Hills, Mundelein1982–?
Glenview News/VoiceHighland Park1983–1990
Highland Park News/VoiceHighland Park1983–1999
Lake Forest News/VoiceHighland Park1983–1991
Antioch News-ReporterAntioch1985–1997
Crystal Lake MirrorBarrington1986–1999
Lake Zurich CourierBarrington1986–1990
Lake Zurich EnterpriseLake Zurich1987–2099
Lindenhurst NewsGrayslake1988–?
Grayslake ReviewMundelein, Glenview1989–?
Gurnee ReviewMundelein, Vernon Hills1989–?
Hoffman Estates ReviewBarrington, Arlington Heights1989–?
Lake Villa ReviewMundelein1989–1990
Lindenhurst ReviewMundelein1989–1990
Antioch ReviewBannockburn, Glenview, Vernon Hills1990–2014
CourierBannockburn, Barrington1990–1992
Buffalo Grove CountrysideBarrington, Arlington Heights1992–?
Lake Forest JournalLake Forest1992–?
Lake Zurich CourierBarrington, Wilmette1992–?
Antioch NewsAntioch1997–?
Gurnee JournalGurnee2006–?
Lake Villa JournalGrayslake2006–2006
Lake Villa/Lindenhurst JournalGrayslake2006–?
Lake & McHenry County Scanner2015–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

53 of 96 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

96 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams, Mary W., HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Adler, David, EstateLibertyvilleDistrict1999
Adler, Mrs. Isaac D., HouseLibertyvilleDistrict2002
Armour, J. Ogden, HouseLake ForestBuilding1982
Armour, Lester, HouseLake BluffBuilding1984
Armour, Philip D., III, HouseLake BluffBuilding1996
Beatty, Ross J., HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Beatty, Ross, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Becker, A. G., PropertyHighland ParkBuilding1984
Bennett, Edward H., House and StudioLake ForestBuilding1995
Blair, William McCormick, EstateLake BluffBuilding2008
Bowen, Joseph T., Country ClubWaukeganSite1978
Braeside SchoolHighland ParkBuilding1982
Camp Logan National Guard Rifle Range Historic DistrictZionDistrict2000
Campbell, Albert, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Catlow TheatreBarringtonBuilding1989
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Passenger DepotDeerfieldBuilding1998
Church of the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox MonasteryLibertyvilleBuilding1979
Churchill, Richard, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Cook Memorial LibraryLibertyvilleBuilding2001
Deerpath Hill Estates Historic DistrictLake ForestDistrict2006
Deerpath InnLake ForestBuilding1992
Dewey HouseNorth ChicagoBuilding1985
Dubin, Henry, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Ely, Mrs. C. Morse, HouseLake BluffBuilding2000
Evert HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Fagen, Mildred and Abel, HouseLake ForestBuilding2021
Florsheim, Harold, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Fort Sheridan Historic District NHLFort SheridanDistrict1980
Fredrick, Louis, HouseBarringtonBuilding2019
Geyso, Mrs. Frank, HousesHighland ParkBuilding1982
Granville-Mott HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Great Lakes Naval Training StationWaukeganDistrict1986
Green Bay Road Historic DistrictLake ForestDistrict1995
Griffith, John, Store BuildingLake BluffBuilding2003
Grigsby EstateBarrington HillsBuilding1987
Hall, David, HouseLake VillaBuilding2014
Hazel Avenue Prospect Avenue Historic DistrictHighland ParkDistrict1982
Hibbard, Frank, Estate House-Deerpath Hill EstatesLake ForestBuilding2006
Highland Park Water TowerHighland ParkStructure1982
Holmes, Samuel, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Holy Family ChurchNorth ChicagoBuilding2003
Hotel WaukeganWaukeganBuilding1994
House at 380 Chiltern Drive-Deerpath Hill EstatesLake ForestBuilding2006
House at 965 Castlegate Court-Deerpath Hill EstatesLake ForestBuilding2006
Humer BuildingHighland ParkBuilding1982
James, Jean Butz, Museum of the Highland Park Historical SocietyHighland ParkBuilding1982
Jensen, Jens, Summer House and StudioHighland ParkDistrict1991
Judah, Noble, EstateLake ForestDistrict1990
Karcher HotelWaukeganBuilding2002
Lake Bluff Uptown Commercial Historic DistrictLake BluffDistrict2006
Lake Forest CemeteryLake ForestDistrict2001
Lake Forest Historic DistrictLake ForestDistrict1978
Lamont, Robert P., HouseLake ForestBuilding1993
Lanzl, Haerman, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Leonard, Clifford Milton, FarmLake ForestBuilding2000
Lewis, Lloyd, HouseLibertyvilleBuilding1982
Libertyville Downtown Historic DistrictLibertyvilleDistrict2025
Libertyville High School Brainerd BuildingLibertyvilleBuilding2008
Libertyville Town HallLibertyvilleBuilding2022
Lichtstern HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Linden Park Place-Belle Avenue Historic DistrictHighland ParkDistrict1983
Linn, Howard and Lucy, HouseLake BluffBuilding2005
Loeb, Ernest, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1983
Mandel, Mr. Fred L., Jr., HouseHighland ParkBuilding2009
Maple Avenue Maple Lane Historic DistrictHighland ParkBuilding1982
Millard, George Madison, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Millard, Sylvester, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Millburn Historic DistrictMillburnDistrict1979
Mineola HotelFox LakeBuilding1979
Morse, Robert Hosmer, HouseLake ForestBuilding2000
Near North Historic DistrictWaukeganDistrict1978
North Shore Sanitary District TowerHighland ParkStructure1983
Paddock, Henry I., HouseWinthrop HarborBuilding2001
Pick, George, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Proctor BuildingLibertyvilleBuilding1998
Public Service BuildingLibertyvilleBuilding1983
RagdaleLake ForestBuilding1976
Ravinia Park Historic DistrictHighland ParkDistrict1982
Reed, Mrs. Kersey Coates, HouseLake ForestBuilding2001
Rosewood ParkHighland ParkSite1982
Ryerson, Edward L., Area Historic DistrictDeerfieldDistrict1996
Shiloh HouseZionBuilding1977
Snite, John Taylor, HouseHighland ParkBuilding2003
Soule, C. S., HouseHighland ParkBuilding1982
Stevenson, Adlai E., II, Farm NHLMettawaDistrict2003
Swift, Louis F., HouseLake ForestBuilding2005
Van Hagen, George E., HouseBarrington HillsBuilding2016
Vine-Oakwood-Green Bay Road Historic DistrictLake ForestDistrict1980
Water Tower, Building 49Fort SheridanStructure1974
Waukegan BuildingWaukeganBuilding2002
Waukegan Public LibraryWaukeganBuilding2013
West Park Neighborhood Historic DistrictLake ForestDistrict2012
Westover Road Non-Commissioned Officers' Housing Historic DistrictHighwoodDistrict2009
Willits, Ward Winfield, HouseHighland ParkBuilding1980
Zion Chapter HouseZionBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lake was formed in 1839 (1839-03-01) from McHENRY.

LAKE created from McHENRY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lake County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

714k358k2,6341840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,63418,25721,29634,50474,285121,094179,097293,656440,372644,356714,342

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

86 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 86 listed
NameLatLon
Am Echod Jewish Cemetery42.37223-87.87794
Angola Cemetery42.41136-88.06978
Antioch CemeteryNoneNone
Ascension Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums42.31029-87.91896
Avon Centre Cemetery42.37219-88.04947
Benedictine Abbey CemeteryNoneNone
Benton Greenwood Cemetery42.43251-87.87692
Briggs Family CemeteryNoneNone
Buffalo Grove Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Colchester CemeteryNoneNone
County Line CemeteryNoneNone
Cranberry Lake CemeteryNoneNone
Deerfield Cemetery42.16391-87.84423
Devine Family CemeteryNoneNone
Diamond Lake Cemetery42.24005-87.98392
Druce Cemetery42.36085-88.00479
East Fox Lake Cemetery42.3999-88.10744
East Loan Lake CemeteryNoneNone
East Side CemeteryNoneNone
Edwards Family CemeteryNoneNone
Fairfield Cemetery42.2164-88.05757
Fisher Family Cemetery42.31165-88.18415
Fort Hill Cemetery42.33668-88.10813
Fort Sheridan Post Cemetery42.22455-87.82087
Garwood Family CemeteryNoneNone
Garwood Family CemeteryNoneNone
Grant Cemetery42.34765-88.15431
Grass Lake Cemetery42.43686-88.14018
Grayslake Cemetery42.33951-88.04343
Great Lakes CemeteryNoneNone
Greenwood CemeteryNoneNone
Gridley Cemetery42.21137-87.99446
Hickory Union Cemetery42.48099-88.00899
Highland Memorial Park42.34335-87.96618
Hillside Cemetery42.47456-88.1024
Home Oaks Cemetery42.44316-88.06196
Hope Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Ivanhoe Cemetery42.2777-88.04597
Knopf Cemetery42.1636-87.9846
Lake County Poor Farm Cemetery42.29976-87.96613
Lake Forest Cemetery42.26747-87.83037
Lake Mound Cemetery42.44206-87.82496
Lake Zurich Cemetery42.20446-88.08705
Lakeside Cemetery42.29108-87.96128
Long Grove Cemetery42.17697-88.00233
Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
Millburn Cemetery42.42331-87.99425
Mooney Cemetery42.17216-87.82632
Mound Rest CemeteryNoneNone
Mount Carmel CemeteryNoneNone
Mount Olivet Memorial Park42.46956-87.86692
Mount Rest Cemetery42.47948-87.94999
Northshore Garden of Memories42.33045-87.86786
Oakdale Cemetery42.47898-87.89315
Oakwood Cemetery42.34288-87.83145
Pahlman Family CemeteryNoneNone
Pine View Memorial Park42.42164-87.83942
Rosecrans CemeteryNoneNone
Saint Joseph Cemetery42.33636-88.1081
Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery42.2665-87.83421
Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery42.29441-88.0691
Saint Marys Cemetery42.15365-87.96504
Saint Marys Cemetery42.17149-87.82601
Saint Marys Cemetery42.34502-87.83146
Saint Matthew Lutheran Cemetery42.21803-88.06265
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery42.21509-87.87403
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery42.45501-87.95174
Saint Paul Cemetery42.15502-88.12674
Saint Peter Cemetery42.32535-88.17004
Saint Sava Monastery Cemetery42.33224-87.95146
Sand Lake Cemetery42.41517-88.05004
Serbian Monastery Cemetery42.33332-87.9507
Spaulding CemeteryNoneNone
Spaulding Corners CemeteryNoneNone
Swan Family CemeteryNoneNone
Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery42.26309-88.10984
Union CemeteryNoneNone
United States Naval CemeteryNoneNone
Vernon Township Cemetery42.2038-87.93031

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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