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Welcome to Eagle Lake ...

Eagle Lake is located in Will County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Eagle Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.

A typical abbreviation for Eagle Lake: Eagle Lk.

Eagle Lake is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Eagle Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Eagle Lake (for example, toward Earl Park (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Eagle Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Eagle Lake - they are located in Florida, Indiana, Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Ontario (2), Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eagle Lake.

Communities near Eagle Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Eagle Lake.

  • Hammond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <3>
  • Gary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
  • Tinley Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Calumet City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Merrillville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crown Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Chicago Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Schererville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hobart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hobart is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,913 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobart <3>
  • East Chicago
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Eagle Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Eagle Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Eagle Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Eagle Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Eagle Lake ...

Looking for more information about Eagle Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Eagle Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Eagle Lake.

Adding Eagle Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Eagle Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Eagle Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Eagle Lake post office opened in 1865. The Eagle Lake post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Eagle Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Will, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Eagle Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/