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Welcome to Waukegan ...The city of Waukegan is located in Lake County<1> and is the County Seat for Lake County. The pronunciation of Waukegan: wah-KEE-guhn<2> Waukegan was established in 1829. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Waukegan has a population of 86,131 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Waukegan is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Waukegan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Waukegan: (847) & (224)<5> The ZIP codes for Waukegan: 60079, 60085, 60087<6> Websites for Waukegan ...Official Website: www.waukeganweb.net/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Waukegan had an population of 86,131 people. This is a decrease of 3.31% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.01% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Waukegan had a population of 89,078 people (which is 12.65% of the total population of Lake County). This makes Waukegan the county's most populous community. The population of Waukegan represents 0.69% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 9th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 89,078 people, the population of Waukegan increased 1.34% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 87,901 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Waukegan. Communities Also Named Waukegan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Waukegan - it's located in Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waukegan. Communities near Waukegan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waukegan.
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 Waukegan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waukegan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waukegan. 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 Waukegan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waukegan. Our list includes 35 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Waukegan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waukegan ...Looking for more information about Waukegan? 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 Waukegan, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Waukegan. Adding Waukegan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Waukegan 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 for Waukegan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Waukegan in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Waukegan. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Waukegan: www.waukeganweb.net/ The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.il.us The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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