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Lake Forest
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city in Lake County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Lake
- Township
- Moraine , Shields , Vernon , West Deerfield
- Type
- Council-manager
- Total
- 17.27 sq mi (44.72 km )
- Land
- 17.20 sq mi (44.55 km )
- Water
- 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km )
- Elevation
- 663 ft (202 m)
- Density
- 1,126.0/sq mi (434.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 847, 224
- Fips code
- 17-41105
- Website
- www .cityoflakeforest .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lake Forest
- Population
- 19367
- Area
- 44.66054
- Elevation
- 202
- Official website
- www.cityoflakeforest.com
- Image
- Lake Forest City Hall.JPG
- Households
- 7203
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- Commons category
- Lake Forest, Illinois
- postal code
- 60045
- inception
- 1861-00-00
- P8168
- Nicole de Boer
- water as percent of area
- 0.3826
- per capita income
- 98058
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Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,367 at the 2020 census. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded with Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857, a stop for travelers making their way south to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898. It originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices.
History