Libertyville Township, Lake County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

42°17′03″N 87°56′42″W / 42.28417°N 87.94500°W / 42.28417; -87.94500Country

United StatesStateIllinoisCountyLakeEstablishedNovember 6, 1849Government

• SupervisorKathleen M. O'ConnorArea

• Total36.5 sq mi (94.6 km²) • Land35.4 sq mi (91.7 km²) • Water1.1 sq mi (2.9 km²)Elevation

659 ft (201 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

53,803Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-097-43263Websitewww.libertyvilletownship.us

Libertyville Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 53,139.^[2] 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.

Geography

Libertyville Township covers an area of 36.5 square miles (94.6 km²); of this, 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²) or 3.02 percent is water.^[2] Lakes in this township include Big Bear Lake,^[3] Butler Lake,^[4] Harvey Lake, Liberty Lake, Little Bear Lake,^[5] Minear Lake and West Lake. The stream of Bull Creek runs through this township, before depositing into the Des Plaines River.^[6]

Open space

In 1985, Libertyville Township established the first Township Open Space District in Illinois. This innovative land protection program was funded by a 22.6 million-dollar bond referendum approved by the residents of Libertyville Township. The Open Space Bond was retired fully paid in October 2003. Since land acquisition began in 1986, over 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) of irreplaceable open space have been protected with these funds. Two of these sites, Oak Openings and Liberty Prairie, have also received the state's highest protection status as Illinois Nature Preserves.

Cities and towns

Green Oaks
Lake Forest (western edge)
Libertyville
Mettawa (northwest portion)
Mundelein (eastern edge)
North Chicago (western edge)
Vernon Hills (northern half)
Waukegan (western edge)

Census-designated place

Knollwood CDP (western edge)

Unincorporated towns

Rondout

Adjacent townships

Warren Township (north)
Waukegan Township (northeast)
Shields Township (east)
West Deerfield Township (southeast)
Vernon Township (south)
Ela Township (southwest)
Fremont Township (west)
Avon Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Ascension,^[7] Lake County Poor Farm, Lakeside^[8] and the Serbian Monastery Cemetery.^[9]^[10]

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Condell Memorial Hospital Heliport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	53,803	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[11]

Notable people

Phil Collins, presidential nominee of the Prohibition Party

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Libertyville township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
^ "2012 Big and Little Bear Lake Summary Report".
^ "2015 Butler Lake Summary Report".
^ "2012 Big and Little Bear Lake Summary Report".
^ "Bull Creek | Lake County, IL". www.lakecountyil.gov. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ "Cemetery Location Details". www.catholiccemeterieschicago.org. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ "Lakeside Cemetery Association – Libertyville, Illinois". Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ "The Cemetery". Saint Sava Monastery.
^ "About". Saint Sava Monastery.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.