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Place Name
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Lake County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Population
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516,418 (1990)
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Location
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Illinois, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°20'N
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Longitude
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88°00'W
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Lake
, county (
457 sq mi/1,184 sq km; 1990 pop.
516,418), extreme NE Ill., bounded E by L. Michigan and N by Wis. state
line;  Waukegan; 42°20'N 88°00'W. Drained by Fox and Des
Plaines rivers. Includes many N suburbs of Chicago; diversified mfg;
rapid urban growth area. Sand, gravel, stone deposits. Dairying,
remnant agr. Two ski resorts, Illinois (IL) Beach State Park, and Chain O'
Lakes State Park; fishing, duck hunting. Amusement park near Zion.
Formed 1839. Nuclear power plants: Zion 1 (initial criticality June 19,
1973) and Zion 2 (initial criticality December 24, 1973) are
40 mi/64 km N of Chicago. Use cooling water
from L. Michigan, and each has a max. dependable capacity of 1040 MWe.
Major military presence at Great Lakes Naval Training Station and
Philip Sheridan Arms Reserve Center.
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