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Welcome to Mallard Creek ...

Mallard Creek is located in Cook County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mallard Creek: Mallard Crk. (or less commonly used: Mallard Ck. or Mallard Cr.)

Mallard Creek is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Mallard Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mallard Creek.

  • Chicago
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Waukegan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cicero
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Arlington Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Evanston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Schaumburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Palatine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Skokie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Des Plaines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Berwyn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Berwyn is located in Cook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,701 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mallard Creek ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mallard Creek - 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.