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Welcome to Lily Lake ...

The village of Lily Lake is located in Kane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lily Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

A typical abbreviation for Lily Lake: Lily Lk.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Lily Lake has a population of 1,023 people<2> (see below for details).

Lily Lake is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lily Lake had an population of 1,023 people. This is an increase of 3.02% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 24% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lily Lake had a population of 993 people. This makes Lily Lake the county's 20th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 993 people, the population of Lily Lake increased 20.36% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 825 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Lily Lake.

Communities Also Named Lily Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lily Lake - it's located in British Columbia.

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

Websites for Lily Lake ...

Junior League:   www.jlkd.org/

Communities near Lily Lake ...

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

  • Aurora
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Elgin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wheaton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Hoffman Estates
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • De Kalb
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bartlett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Carol Stream
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Streamwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hanover Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Carpentersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lily Lake ...

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

Adding Lily Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lily 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 Lily Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lily Lake post office opened in 1887. The Lily Lake post office closed in 1931.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lily Lake.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lily Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/