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Welcome to Gages Lake ...

Gages Lake is located in Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gages Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Gages Lake: Gages Lk.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Gages Lake for more information about variations on the name of Gages Lake.

Gages Lake is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gages Lake: 847 & 224<3>

Communities near Gages Lake ...

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

  • Kenosha
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
  • Waukegan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Arlington Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Palatine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Prospect
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Crystal Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeling
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Northbrook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mundelein
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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 Gages Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gages Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gages 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 Gages Lake.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gages Lake ...

Looking for more information about Gages 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Gages Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gages Lake.

Adding Gages Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gages 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 Gages Lake was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gages Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 847 code has been Overlayed with the 224 area code. New phone numbers in the Gages Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 847 or 224. As a result, placing a call in the Gages Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.