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Waukegan, Illinois

Waukegan (play /wɔːˈkiːɡən/) is a city and county seat of Lake County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 87,901. The 2010 population was 89,078. It is the ninth-largest city in Illinois by population. It is the fifth-largest city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, after Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Kenosha.

Waukegan is on the shore of Lake Michigan, about 8 miles (13 km) south of the border with Wisconsin and 40 miles (64 km) north of downtown Chicago, at an elevation of about 669 feet (204 m) above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.1 square miles (59.8 km²). 23.0 square miles (59.6 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.35%) is water.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukegan

Recent city comments:

  • Glen Flora Country Club, jack (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    great golf
  • Greenbelt Forest Preserve, arijit das (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    huum. sounds great
  • Lake County Courthouse, Plumley (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    The Lake County Jail and Lake County Sheriff's Office(another divison in Libertyville) are located directly south. That tall building is the jail and all the building are connected. The jail is connected to the courthouse via a walkway which goes across washington street
  • Waukegan Skatepark, fishtanksk8r27 (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    awesome place...i rcmd it
  • Walmart SuperCenter, joe (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    this walmart looks really cool on the outside. i was one of the first people in the store when it opened on july 19th
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Waukegan, Illinois on the map.

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