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Mundelein, Illinois
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Downtown Mundelein in March 2024
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Mundelein, Illinois
Coordinates: 42°16′N88°0′W / 42.267°N 88.000°W / 42.267; -88.000
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
StateIllinois
County Lake
Township Fremont, Libertyville
Incorporated February 1, 1909;115 years ago (1909-02-01)
Government
 • TypeVillage
 •  Mayor Steve Lentz
Area
 • Total10.12 sq mi (25.88 km2)
 • Land9.718 sq mi (24.83 km2)
 • Water0.405 sq mi (1.05 km2)  4.2%
Elevation
742 ft (226 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total31,560
 • Density3,291.96/sq mi (1,271.09/km2)
Standard of living
 •  Per capita income $38,538 Median household income $93,027
ZIP code(s)
60060
Area code(s) 847 and 224
FIPS code 17-51349
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Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and a northern suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 31,560, making this the fourth largest village in Lake County. The village straddles Libertyville Township and Fremont Township, and borders Grayslake, Ivanhoe, Diamond Lake, and Libertyville. The village lies 33 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop.

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Mundelein was first settled by European settlers in 1835, and was incorporated in 1909 after a spur line connected the village to the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad. The University of Saint Mary of the Lake opened in 1921, and in June 1926 the village hosted the closing events of the 28th International Eucharistic Congress, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the town. Four name changes happened throughout the village's history, including two after incorporation.

History

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Photograph of John Holcomb, the former namesake of Mundelein

Pre-incorporation

Native Americans of the area, such as the Potawatomi people, were trading with French trappers as early as 1650. The Potwatomi had settled on a camp on the south end of Diamond Lake. Natives lost possession of land in the area in 1836 and were forced west of the Mississippi River. Peter Shaddle was the first European settler in 1835, and built a log cabin which is now owned by University of Saint Mary of the Lake. He later sold his claim to settlers from New York. [1]

Later settlers from England named the town "Mechanics Grove", due to the settler's occupations of millwrights, wheelwrights and carpenters. The town's first school opened in 1837 and a church the following year. [1]

The town name changed to "Holcomb" in the early 1850s, for a settler named John Holcomb. He migrated from New York in 1847 and was a civic and spiritual leader in the community through his participation in the Methodist Episcopal Church and for his service in township offices. [1] [2] In 1885, he donated 20 acres of land to the Wisconsin Central Railroad. In the same year, the town name was changed to Rockefeller, after American businessman William Rockefeller Jr., who was a major stockholder in the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Rockefeller was incorporated on February 1, 1909 [3] in a referendum in anticipation of an economic boom after the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad built a spur line terminating in Rockefeller in 1904. Residents from nearby Diamond Lake, Illinois were included in the vote in order to meet the minimum resident requirements at the time, although they later withdrew from the village. [4]

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Photograph of Sheldon School

Post-incorporation

1909 to 1925

The village was renamed from Rockefeller to "Area" in July 1909. The name came from a sales technique school located in the village called Sheldon School, which had the motto of "Ability, Reliability, Endurance, and Action". [3] In 1909, Sheldon purchased 600 acres (2.4 km2) of land for the construction of the school. [5] [6] His property contained a lake named Mud Lake, which was dammed and renamed Lake Eara. [7] Sheldon had previously opened another business school in Chicago in 1902. Classes first began at the school in 1910, with students from Nicaragua, Australia, Mexico, and Germany. [6] At the school's peak, the school had over 10,000 students. [5] Sheldon's business failed, with the Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago suggesting that the failure was a result of World War I. [4] Sheldon later sold his estate, which was purchased by the Archbishop of Chicago George Mundelein to open University of Saint Mary of the Lake in 1921. [8]

On December 10, 1924, the Village Board held a special meeting with representatives from the Soo Line Railroad, who requested that the board change the village's name to Mundelein (for the cardinal). The board voted to make the change and asked the Illinois Secretary of State to make the name change. They received permission in April 1925, and the Village Board passed an ordinance changing the village's name to Mundelein. [9]

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28th International Eucharistic Congress on June 24, 1926

28th International Eucharistic Congress

The closing events for the 28th International Eucharistic Congress were held in the University of Saint Mary of the Lake on June 24, 1926. Approximately half a million people came to the campus, including 10,000 nuns, 8,000 priests, 390 bishops, 64 archbishops, and 12 cardinals. Trains were used to commute people to the village every 30 minutes before mass. [10] A temporary terminal was built to accommodate the events at the current site of Carmel High School, which existed until the Great Depression. [9] 18,000 cars went through Mundelein on that day, and thousands of National Guard troops were sent to control traffic after the event. In total, 820 trains went through the Mundelein station from dawn to midnight on that day. [7]

Two events were scheduled for the Seminary, a Solemn Pontifical Mass at 10:00 am, and a Procession at 2:00 pm. During the procession, a violent thunderstorm passed the seminary, leaving people at the procession "tired and soaked to the skin". The seminary was left with litter and damaged lawns after the event. [9]

1929 to present

Floods in 1936 and 1937 severely damaged the village. The first flood occurred on September 27, 1936, after 1.33 inches of rain fell onto the village, damaging businesses. The second occurred in June 1937, flooding the village's main road and causing further damage to adjacent neighborhoods and businesses. [11]

By the 1970s, the community was largely residential with a little light industrial development. [12] Ranches and tri-level houses were built in the 1950s and 1960s in the center of town, with larger, two-story houses in the village's periphery built from the 1970s. [13]

A major employer of the village, Ball Glass, closed in the early 1980s. The village saw economic and industrial growth during the 1990s, gaining over 10,000 residents between the 1980 and 1990 United States census. [14]

Mundelein greatly expanded in size in 2022 with the annexation of over 700 acres of land owned by the Wirtz family; the owners of the Chicago Blackhawks. The plan was to develop 1,200 houses and 600 townhomes following the annexation. [15]

Geography

Mundelein is located 33 miles (53 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. [4] The area of the village is 10.12 square miles (26.2 km2), 0.45 square miles (1.2 km2) of which is water. [16] The elevation of the village is 742 feet (226 m). [17] Mundelein borders Hawthorn Woods and Vernon Hills to the south and east, and is primarily located within the Indian Creek watershed in Lake County. [5]

Climate

Under the Köppen climate classification, Mundelein is a Humid continental climate zone (Dfa) under the hot summer subtype with cold winters and warm to hot summers. [18] Since 1999, the record high was 103°F in July 2012 during the 2012 North American heat wave, [19] while the record low was -26°F in January 2019 during the January–February 2019 North American cold wave. [20] [21]

Climate data for MUNDELEIN 4WSW, IL (1999–2024)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)63
(17)		75
(24)		84
(29)		89
(32)		94
(34)		98
(37)		103
(39)		97
(36)		94
(34)		87
(31)		75
(24)		68
(20)		103
(39)
Mean maximum °F (°C)51
(11)		55
(13)		68
(20)		80
(27)		87
(31)		91
(33)		92
(33)		92
(33)		89
(32)		81
(27)		67
(19)		55
(13)		92
(33)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)29.8
(−1.2)		33.1
(0.6)		45.2
(7.3)		57.4
(14.1)		68.3
(20.2)		78.1
(25.6)		82.4
(28.0)		81.1
(27.3)		74.7
(23.7)		61.3
(16.3)		47.6
(8.7)		35.0
(1.7)		56.7
(13.7)
Daily mean °F (°C)21.2
(−6.0)		24.6
(−4.1)		35.0
(1.7)		46.3
(7.9)		57.7
(14.3)		67.8
(19.9)		72.2
(22.3)		70.8
(21.6)		63.3
(17.4)		51.1
(10.6)		38.3
(3.5)		26.9
(−2.8)		47.9
(8.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)14.3
(−9.8)		15.3
(−9.3)		26.3
(−3.2)		36.2
(2.3)		47.5
(8.6)		57.8
(14.3)		62.5
(16.9)		61.0
(16.1)		53.5
(11.9)		41.8
(5.4)		30.4
(−0.9)		19.8
(−6.8)		37.8
(3.2)
Mean minimum °F (°C)−7
(−22)		−5
(−21)		7
(−14)		23
(−5)		34
(1)		44
(7)		51
(11)		50
(10)		40
(4)		28
(−2)		15
(−9)		0
(−18)		−11
(−24)
Record low °F (°C)−26
(−32)		−26
(−32)		−11
(−24)		15
(−9)		25
(−4)		35
(2)		44
(7)		45
(7)		34
(1)		22
(−6)		4
(−16)		−12
(−24)		−26
(−32)
Average precipitation inches (mm)1.75
(44)		2.04
(52)		2.59
(66)		3.72
(94)		4.46
(113)		4.46
(113)		4.21
(107)		3.69
(94)		3.72
(94)		3.27
(83)		2.09
(53)		2.30
(58)		37.01
(940)
Average snowfall inches (cm)11.4
(29)		11.6
(29)		5.1
(13)		1.7
(4.3)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		2.5
(6.4)		8.9
(23)		41.2
(104.7)
Average extreme snow depth inches (cm)7
(18)		8
(20)		4
(10)		1
(2.5)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		2
(5.1)		4
(10)		10
(25)
Source: xmACIS2 [21]
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Diamond Lake in 2024

Diamond Lake

Diamond Lake is a 153-acre glacial lake in south Mundelein. It is primarily used for fishing and swimming and has been settled by Europeans since the 19th-century. The maximum depth of the lake is 23.56 feet, with an average depth of 7.65 feet. The lake is primarily used for swimming, fishing, and boating, and drains into the Des Plaines River. [22]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910 358—
1920 42017.3%
1930 1,011140.7%
1940 1,32831.4%
1950 3,189140.1%
1960 10,526230.1%
1970 16,12853.2%
1980 17,0535.7%
1990 21,21524.4%
2000 30,93545.8%
2010 31,0640.4%
2020 31,5601.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [23]
2010 [24] 2020 [25]

2020 census

Mundelein village, Illinois – racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000 [26] Pop 2010 [24] Pop 2020 [25] % 2000% 2010% 2020
White alone (NH)20,56618,12316,43166.48%58.34%52.06%
Black or African American alone (NH)4644166011.50%1.34%1.90%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)2028210.06%0.09%0.07%
Asian alone (NH)2,0252,7193,4926.55%8.75%11.06%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)10670.03%0.02%0.02%
Some Other Race alone (NH)2538800.08%0.12%0.25%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)3383908361.09%1.26%2.65%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)7,4879,34410,09224.20%30.08%31.98%
Total30,93531,06431,560100.00%100.00%100.00%

Mundelein's population is 31,560, making it the fourth largest village in Lake County, according to the 2020 United States census. [27]

Income

The median income for a household in the village was $69,651, and the median income for a family was $75,083. By 2017, median incomes were estimated at $86,336 per household and $96,813 per family. [28] Males had a median income of $50,290 versus $34,087 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,280. About 3.0% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Mundelein's government consists of a board of trustees of made up of six members and a mayor. [29] The current mayor of Mundelein is Steve Lentz, who has held that position since 2013, being elected to three terms. [30]

Fire department

The fire department of Mundelein is called the Mundelein Fire Department, and before 1956, the Mundelein-Countryside fire Department Corporation. The first fire station in Mundelein was opened in 1947 south of the downtown area, being initially built with four bays, but later expanded to six bays. The department had no full-time employees until 1960. Five additions were added to the station between 1952 and 1961, including a second story to the building. The department moved into its current building on Midlothian Road in 2000. [31]

Cardinal Mundelein donated the village its first new fire truck, a 1925 Stoughton. The fire truck was officially turned over to the village at a ceremony held at the St. Mary of the Lake Seminary on July 17, 1925. The fire truck, nicknamed "Old No. 1", was restored in 2008. [9]

Law enforcement

Mundelein Police Department is the law enforcement agency of Mundelein. Initially stationed in the now-demolished village hall with a one-man police force, the department got its own police station in 1964 on Seymour Avenue and Division Street, before moving into its current building in 2002. The site of the original station is now a water retention area. [32]

Parks

The park district of Mundelein is the Mundelein Parks and Recreation District. The organization won three awards in October 2021 from the Illinois Association of Park Districts, two of which were from business partnerships. The district runs an outdoor pool named Barefoot Bay. [33] The park district opened in 1954 and manages over 700 acres and over 30 parks. [34]

Post Office

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Post Office of Mundelein

The first post office of Mundelein was established in 1887, in a building which is now used a store. The current facility was opened in 1976 across from the location of the former village hall. [5] [35]

Places

Mundelein Heritage Museum

Mundelein Heritage Museum is a museum owned by the Mundelein Historical Commission. The museum opened in 1983 in a train facility, which been intended for the Soo Line Railroad in the 1920s. The Historical Society of Fort Hill Country, founded in 1983, previously ran the museum as the Fort Hill Museum, until the society disbanded in 2018 due to low membership. The museum was closed from 2018 to 2020, as operations of the museum were transferred to the Mundelein Historical Commission. [36]

Memorial Point

Memorial Point is a triangle-shaped war memorial located at the intersection of Hawley Street and Illinois Route 176. The monument was built in 1969 and contains an artillery anti-tank gun, a flagpole, and an engraved granite monument listing residents of the town who died in war. Plans were made in 2015 to relocate the memorial to Kracklauer Park in the south of the town but were abandoned after public backlash. [37]

Community Protestant Church

The Community Protestant Church in Mundelein first opened in 1889 with 16 members. The initial building for the church was built on the junction of Illinois Route 176 and U.S. Route 45 in 1896. The church moved to its current position in 1949 and was nicknamed "the church on the hill" due to its location. The building was renovated from 1957 to 1958 to build an education wing, including a library and a nursery. The church hosted an annual Christmas dance in the 1940s. [38]

Fremont Public Library

Fremont Public Library was established on Park Street and Lake Street in the village in 1955, [39] before later being moved to a larger site on Midlothian Road in 2001. [40] The old site, which was previously used as a barbershop, was sold to Mundelein Elementary School District 75 where it has been used as an administration building. The property was considered for a sale in 2018. [41]

Village Hall

The current village hall was completed and opened in 2014. The building is a 10-acre, 32,000-foot building located next to the Metra station in the center of the town, and cost over $10 million to build. [42]

The original village hall, which was built and dedicated in 1929, cost the village $36,000 to construct. [43] The building, which was described as "Tudor-style" [44] and "Alpine-style", was also previously used as a fire station, municipal jail, and a community center. [45] The building was demolished in 2019 for commercial development. [46]

Model Farm

Model Farm was a prototype farm used to demonstrate new farming technology in the 1920s. The property included a six-room farmhouse and an exhibit hall. The 80-acre farm was opened in 1928 by the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, which was a company run by businessman Samuel Insull. The property was sold to a cattle breeder in 1940 and was partially used as the site for the construction of Mundelein High School. [47]

Events

Mundelein hosts an annual four-day event called the Mundelein Community Days for recreation around Independence Day. [48] Events have included carnivals, live music, parades, [49] and beauty pageants.

An outdoor music festival titled "Miracle in Mundelein" was held on September 9th, 2023. The event was notable for allowing people to use cannabis recreationally, although the drug was not sold on-site. The festival featured hip hop, reggae, and EDM, and featured the rock band Joe Russo's Almost Dead. The event was held adjacent to a cannabis dispensary. [50]

Races

Annually on Independence Day, a 5K run called the Freedom Classic 5K is held. [51] The race was first held in 1979. [52]

Mundelein hosts an annual amateur and professional bike race called the Mundelein Grand Prix. The race is part of the Intelligentsia Cup Chicago series. The race was first held in 2021. [53]

Economy

Top employers

According to Mundelein's 2022 comprehensive annual financial report, [54] the top employers in the village are:

2022
#EmployerType of Business# of Employees % Village Pop. [lower-alpha 1]
1 Medline Industries Hospital supplies6392.02%
2Ruprecht Company Meat processing 5521.75%
3 University of Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary / School for the priesthood 2950.93%
4Amcor Flexibles Healthcare, Inc.Flexible polyethylene packaging2900.92%
5Maclean-Fogg Co.Industrial fasteners (plants and offices)2880.91%
6 Mundelein High School #120 Public high school 2700.86%
7 Mundelein Elementary School #75 Public elementary school 2390.76%
8Village of MundeleinVillage government1940.61%
9Pet Factory1750.55%
10Con-Way Freight920.29%
Total3,034
  1. ↑ Village population: 31,560 [54]

Education

The first school in Mundelein was called Mechanics Grove School and opened in 1837. The school was located on the roads that would become Maple Avenue and Route 176. [55] Mundelein is currently served by five elementary school districts. [56]

Public schools

Diamond Lake School District 76

Diamond Lake School District was established in 1847. [57] The district includes three schools: Diamond Lake school from kindergarten through second grade, West Oak Elementary Schools from third to fifth grade, and West Oak Middle School from grades six to eight. [58] Fairhaven School was previously a part of the district, [59] and is now a special education school. [60]

Fremont School District 79

Fremont School District 79 (previously Fremont Center District 79 [61] ) includes Fremont Elementary School, Fremont Intermediate School, and Fremont Middle School. [62] The District annexed Ivanhoe School District 77, Swan School District 78, Maple Grove School District 80, and Murray School District 81 in 1955. [61]

Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73

Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 primarily serves the nearby village of Vernon Hills. The school district contains four elementary schools, two middle schools, and a bilingual school. [63]

Libertyville School District 70

Libertyville's school district was founded c. 1850. [57] The school district includes four elementary schools: Adler Park School, Butterfield School, Copeland Manor School, Rockland School, and one middle school (Highland Middle School). [64]

Mundelein Elementary School District 75

Mundelein School District was founded with the establishment of Lincoln School in 1894. [57] The school district comprises Washington Early Learning Center from Kindergarten to second grade, which opened in 1951, [65] Mechanics Grove Elementary School from third to fifth grade, which opened in 1970, [66] and Carl Sandburg Middle School from sixth through eighth grade, which is named after American writer Carl Sandburg who dedicated the building in 1959. [67]

The district's boundary changed significantly in 2003–2004, in response to studies indicating sharp disparities in ethnic makeup among various schools in the district. [68]

Mundelein High School

The public high school for Mundelein is Mundelein High School. It was built in 1960 and started classes in 1961 and split its own school district in 1964. [69] The campus was renovated in 1987, 1997, and 2016. [70]

Private Schools

University of Saint Mary of the Lake

University of Saint Mary of the Lake is a seminary in Mundelein. The seminary was designed by architect Joseph W. McCarthy. The charter for the school was initially granted in 1844, and the first version of the school was opened in Chicago. The seminary closed in 1866 due to financial problems, and the building was destroyed in 1871 in the Great Chicago Fire. [7] The Archdiocese of Chicago started purchasing land in Mundelein in 1915, and the school opened in 1921. [7] The seminary is the third largest employer in the village, [54] . The village namesake, George Mundelein, is buried in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception on campus. [7]

Carmel High School

Carmel High School is a private Catholic high school in Mundelein. The site of the school was formerly occupied by a railroad terminal for the 28th International Eucharistic Congress. [9] Carmel High School for boys opened in 1962, [71] and the sister school Carmel High School for girls opened in 1963. The schools merged in 1988. [72]

Santa Maria del Popolo School

Santa Maria del Popolo School previously served as a private Catholic school. The four-room school opened in 1950 with 187 enrolled students. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced the closure of the school in January 2014, which by then only enrolled approximately 80 students. The school was previously a K–8 school, and later, an elementary school. [73]

Transportation

Public transportation

Mundelein has a station on Metra's North Central Service, which provides weekday rail service between Antioch and Chicago Union Station. [74] The station opened in 1996 after a thirty-three-year hiatus after commuter rail service was shut down in 1963. The tracks that the North Central Service ran on were bought out by CN in 2001 after the railway acquired Wisconsin Central Ltd. [5]

Pace provides bus services on Route 574 connecting Mundelein to Grayslake, Vernon Hills, and other destinations. [75]

The town is near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, O'Hare International Airport, and Midway International Airport. [14]

Major streets

Interstate 94 is located five miles east of Mundelein. [5]

Media

The Chicago Tribune provides coverage for Mundelein, [76] and runs the local newspaper Mundelein Review through its ownership of Pioneer Press. [77] Mundelein is also provided news coverage by Daily Herald, based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, [78] and FOX 32 Chicago. [79]

Notable people

Sports

Politics

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Mundelein High School(MHS) is a public four-year high school located in Mundelein, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The school serves the Village of Mundelein and parts of surrounding villages, include Vernon Hills, Grayslake, Hawthorn Woods, Round Lake, Wauconda and Libertyville. Its feeder schools include Carl Sandburg Middle School, Fremont Middle School, West Oak Middle School portions of Hawthorn Middle School North and Hawthorn Middle School South.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary</span> Private high school seminary school in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary was an American seminary preparatory school administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for young men considering the priesthood. Located in downtown Chicago at 103 East Chestnut Street, adjacent to Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower campus, it closed on 22 June 2007, and became the Archbishop Quigley Center, the pastoral center and headquarters of the archdiocese after renovations ending 19 November 2008. Between 1961 and 1990, the seminary was split into two campuses: Quigley South and Quigley North, with Quigley North housed at the original building. The south campus was closed in 1990, with all seminary operations returning to the original building.

Knollwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,221. It is located within Shields Township and Libertyville Township. Knollwood shares a ZIP Code with the neighboring village of Lake Bluff, and children attend Lake Bluff schools. The residents of Knollwood were served by the Knollwood Fire Department until October 2018, after the trustees of the Rockland Fire Protection District ended their relationship with the department. Residents now receive fire protection from the Libertyville and Lake Forest fire departments. Police protection is provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fremont Township, Illinois</span> Township in Lake County, Illinois

Fremont Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 33,422.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Libertyville Township, Illinois</span> Township in Illinois, United States

Libertyville Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 53,139. The village of Libertyville is part of the township, as are parts of Green Oaks, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Mettawa, Mundelein, North Chicago, Rondout, Vernon Hills and Waukegan.

Community High School District 128 is located in Lake County, Illinois. The district includes Libertyville High School and Vernon Hills High School.

Ed Sullivan Jr. is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 51st district since 2003.

Fremont School District 79 is a school district located in Mundelein, Illinois. The district is composed of Lincoln Early Learning Center, Fremont Elementary School, Fremont Intermediate School, and Fremont Middle School. The district is led by superintendent Dr. Trisha Kocanda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mundelein Elementary School District 75</span> School district in Illinois, United States

Mundelein Elementary School District 75 is an elementary school district based entirely in the western Lake County village of Mundelein, Illinois. The district is composed of three schools: an early learning center, an intermediate grade school, and a middle school. All schools are located in the village of Mundelein. Students in the district attend Washington Elementary School, which serves kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders under Principal Stephanie Drake. Students then proceed to Mechanics Grove Elementary School, which serves grades three through five and is led by Principal Tanya Fergus. Mechanics Grove then feeds into Carl Sandburg Middle School, which serves grades six through eight under Principal Mark Pilut. The district also hosts the Lincoln Early Childhood Center, a multi-district pre-kindergarten program. The district superintendent is Dr. Kevin Myers, who is also the superintendent of Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diamond Lake, Illinois</span> Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States

Diamond Lake is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States, surrounding the glacial lake of the same name. Diamond Lake is located along Illinois Route 60 and Illinois Route 83, north of Long Grove and south of Mundelein.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">28th International Eucharistic Congress</span>

The 28th International Eucharistic Congress was held in Chicago, Illinois, United States from June 20 to 24, 1926. The event, held by the Catholic Church, was a eucharistic congress, which is a large scale gathering of Catholics that focuses on the Eucharist and other items of Catholic faith. The event was organized by Cardinal George Mundelein, the Archbishop of Chicago, and was the first International Eucharistic Congress held in the United States and the second held in North America. Cardinal Giovanni Bonzano served as the papal legate for the event. The event attracted a large number of people to the city, with most sources claiming at least several hundred thousand attendees. Large events were held throughout the area, at locations including Soldier Field, Holy Name Cathedral, and the Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary. Some sources claim that approximately 1 million people attended the closing day mass held at the seminary in nearby Mundelein, Illinois.

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