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Welcome to Will County ...

Time Zone: Will County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Joliet is the Seat for Will County.

Will County was founded in 1836. Will was created by taking area from Cook and Iroquois Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Will had a population of 690,743 people. This is an increase of 1.76% since the last Census (which gave a population of 678,824 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Will represented 5.29% of the total population of Illinois.

Below are some of the communities located in Will County:

  • Beecher
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bolingbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Braidwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Crest Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crete
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Crete is located in Will County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,938 people
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  • Elwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Elwood is located in Will County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
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  • Frankfort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Godley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Godley is located in Will County (IL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
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    • Homer Glen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Homer Glen is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
      • Homer Glen has also been known as:
      • Homer Glen village
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    • Joliet
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Joliet is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146,673 people
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    • Lockport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Manhattan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mokena
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mokena is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,050 people
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    • Monee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Monee is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,029 people
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    • New Lenox
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Peotone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rockdale is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,884 people
    • Romeoville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Shorewood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Steger
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Steger is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,111 people
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    • Symerton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Symerton is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • University Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Wilmington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wilmington is located in Will County (IL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,597 people

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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