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Welcome to Kings Island ...

Kings Island is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Kings Island: Kings Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Kings Island for more information about variations on the name of Kings Island.

Kings Island is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kings Island: 847 & 224<3>

Communities near Kings Island ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kings Island.

  • Waukegan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Buffalo Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Crystal Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Carpentersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mundelein
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Algonquin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Gurnee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • North Chicago
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • North Chicago is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chicago
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,639 people
  • Lake-in-the-Hills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • McHenry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kings Island ...

Looking for more information about Kings Island? 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 Kings Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kings Island.

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 Kings Island - 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 Kings Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 847 or 224. As a result, placing a call in the Kings Island 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.