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| name = Libertyville, Illinois | |||
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| settlement_type = Village | |||
| motto = ''Fortitudine Vincimus''<br />"By endurance we conquer" | |||
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| image_caption = The Proctor Building in Libertyville (1903), taken in March 2013 | |||
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| area_total_sq_mi = 9.16 | |||
| area_land_sq_mi = 8.81 | |||
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.35 | |||
| area_water_percent = 3.83 | |||
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| population_total = 20579 | |||
| population_density_km2 = 902.10 | |||
| population_density_sq_mi = 2336.40 | |||
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| postal_code = 60048 | |||
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| blank_info = 17-43250 | |||
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| website = {{URL|www.libertyville.com}} | |||
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'''Libertyville''' is a ] in ], United States, and a northern suburb of ]. It is located {{convert|5|mi|0}} west of ] along the ]. The 2020 census population was 20,579.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libertyville village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1743250|website=]|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> It is part of ], which includes the village, neighboring ], and portions of ], ], unincorporated ] and ], and part of ]. Libertyville neighbors these communities as well as ] to the north and ] to the northwest. Libertyville is about 40 miles north of the ] and is part of the ]'s Chicago ] (CSA). | |||
] | |||
'''Libertyville''' is a suburb of ] in ], ], ]. The population was 20,742 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 21,760 as of 2005. (There is also a township of Libertyville, which includes the village and some surrounding areas.) Located in northeastern ] to the southwest of ] and the northwest of ], its immediate neighbors are ] to the west and ] to the south. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Libertyville is located at {{coord|42.284222|-87.960673|type:city|format=dms|display=inline,title}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> | |||
Libertyville is located at {{coor dms|42|17|3|N|87|57|38|W|city}} (42.284222, -87.960673){{GR|1}}. | |||
According to the |
According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of {{convert|9.15|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|8.81|sqmi}} (or 96.28%) is land and {{convert|0.34|sqmi}} (or 3.72%) is water.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_17.txt | |||
|title = 2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for Places – Illinois | |||
|publisher = United States Census | |||
|access-date = 2012-10-13 | |||
|url-status = dead | |||
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120810063544/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_17.txt | |||
|archive-date = 2012-08-10 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
The ] forms much of the eastern boundary of the village. Other bodies of water include |
The ] forms much of the eastern boundary of the village. Other bodies of water include Butler Lake, Liberty Lake, and Lake Minear. | ||
Libertyville's main street is ] (]). The main automobile route to Chicago is via ] (the ] and the ]); Chicago's ] is approximately 45 minutes away. The main ] rail station sits at the northern edge of downtown off Milwaukee Avenue, and serves the ] running from ] in Chicago to ]. The same line is served by another Metra station at ], near the boundary of Libertyville and Grayslake. The ] station also serves Metra's ], with service from Union Station to ]. | |||
Libertyville's main street is ]. The main route to Chicago is ]; Chicago's ] is approximately 45 miles away. | |||
===Major streets=== | |||
] | |||
* ] ] | |||
* ] ] | |||
* Lake Street | |||
* ] ]/Peterson Road | |||
* ] ] | |||
* Midlothian Road | |||
* Winchester Road | |||
* Butterfield Road | |||
* St. Mary's Road | |||
* Golf Road | |||
===Surrounding areas=== | |||
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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
{{US Census population | |||
As of the ]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 20,742 people, 7,298 households, and 5,451 families residing in the village. The ] was 913.2/km² (2,364.5/mi²). There were 7,458 housing units at an average density of 328.3/km² (850.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 92% ], 5% ] and 1% ]. 0.1% is ]. About 1% each are classified as belonging to ] or to ]. 3% of the population were ] or ] of any race. | |||
|1880= 695 | |||
|1890= 550 | |||
|1900= 864 | |||
|1910= 1724 | |||
|1920= 2125 | |||
|1930= 3791 | |||
|1940= 3930 | |||
|1950= 5425 | |||
|1960= 8560 | |||
|1970= 11684 | |||
|1980= 16520 | |||
|1990= 19174 | |||
|2000= 20742 | |||
|2010= 20315 | |||
|2020= 20579 | |||
|align-fn=center | |||
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br /> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> | |||
}} | |||
] | |||
===2020 census=== | |||
While still largely homogenous compared to the country as a whole, Libertyville has become far more integrated than it once was; the 1960 census, for example, found a total of seven non-white residents, making the town 99.9% white. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|+'''Libertyville village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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.''}}</small> | |||
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> | |||
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Libertyville village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1743250&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> | |||
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Libertyville village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1743250&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> | |||
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Libertyville village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1743250&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref> | |||
!% 2000 | |||
!% 2010 | |||
!{{partial|% 2020}} | |||
|- | |||
|] alone (NH) | |||
|18,812 | |||
|17,777 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,061 | |||
|90.70% | |||
|87.51% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82.90% | |||
|- | |||
|] alone (NH) | |||
|209 | |||
|232 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |262 | |||
|1.01% | |||
|1.14% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.27% | |||
|- | |||
|] or ] alone (NH) | |||
|18 | |||
|14 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14 | |||
|0.09% | |||
|0.07% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07% | |||
|- | |||
|] alone (NH) | |||
|948 | |||
|1,154 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,238 | |||
|4.57% | |||
|5.68% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.02% | |||
|- | |||
|] alone (NH) | |||
|6 | |||
|4 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4 | |||
|0.03% | |||
|0.02% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02% | |||
|- | |||
|] alone (NH) | |||
|13 | |||
|16 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |55 | |||
|0.06% | |||
|0.08% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27% | |||
|- | |||
|] (NH) | |||
|170 | |||
|282 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |759 | |||
|0.82% | |||
|1.39% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.69% | |||
|- | |||
|] (any race) | |||
|566 | |||
|836 | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,186 | |||
|2.73% | |||
|4.12% | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.76% | |||
|- | |||
|'''Total''' | |||
|'''20,742''' | |||
|'''20,315''' | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''20,579''' | |||
|'''100.00%''' | |||
|'''100.00%''' | |||
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' | |||
|} | |||
===2000 Census=== | |||
There were 7,298 households out of which 40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66% were ] living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25% were non-families. 22% of all households were made up of individuals and 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.7 and the average family size was 3.2. | |||
As of the ]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 20,742 people, 7,298 households, and 5,451 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|2,364.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 7,458 housing units at an average density of {{convert|850.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 92% ], 5% ] and 1% ]. 0.1% was ]. About 1% each were classified as belonging to ] or to ]. 3% of the population were ] or ] of any race. While still largely homogeneous, ethnic diversity had increased slightly since the 1960 census, when the population was indicated as being 99.9% white.<ref name="ec">, chicagohistory.org. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> | |||
As of the 2000 census, there were 7,298 households, out of which 40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66% were ] living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25% were non-families. 22% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.7 and the average family size was 3.2. | |||
28% of the village's population is under the age of 18, 5% from 18 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 28% from 45 to 64, and 12% 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. | |||
28% of the village's population was under the age of 18, 5% from 18 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 28% from 45 to 64, and 12% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. | |||
The median income for a household in the village was $88,828, and the median income for a family was $103,573. Males had a median income of $72,320 versus $39,455 for females. The ] for the village was $40,426. About 1.9% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the ], including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over. | |||
According to a 2007 estimate, the median household income was $106,337, and the median income for a family was $127,474.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US1741742&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US17%7C16000US1741742&_street=&_county=libertyville&_cityTown=libertyville&_state=04000US17&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= |title=U.S. Census Bureau Fact Finder |access-date=2009-01-28 |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606103402/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US1741742&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US17%7C16000US1741742&_street=&_county=libertyville&_cityTown=libertyville&_state=04000US17&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null:null&_keyword=&_industry= |url-status=dead }}</ref> Males had a median income of $72,320 versus $39,455 for females. The ] for the village was $40,426. About 1.9% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the ], including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over. | |||
As of the ], there were 20,315 people living in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 90.10% ], 1.23% ], 0.16% ], 5.73% ], 0.04% ], 1.05% from ], and 1.70% from two or more races. ] or ] of any race were 4.12% of the population. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
] is the former ] of ], who until 2013 was the only ] buried on U.S. soil.]] | |||
The land that is now Libertyville was the property of the Illinois River ] Indians until August 1829, when economic and resource pressures forced the tribe to sell much of their land in northern Illinois to the U.S. government for $12,000 plus an additional $12,000 in goods, plus an annual delivery of 50 barrels of salt. | |||
The land that is now Libertyville was the property of the Illinois River ] Indians until August 1829, when economic and resource pressures forced the tribe to sell much of their land in northern Illinois to the U.S. government for $12,000 cash, an additional $12,000 in goods, plus an annual delivery of 50 barrels of salt.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831093416/http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-107.html |date=2006-08-31 }}, mpm.edu. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> | |||
Pursuant to the treaty, the Potawatomi left their lands by the mid-1830s,<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207221508/http://www.19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us/bkshelf/resource/history.htm |date=2006-02-07 }}, 19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> and by 1835 the future Libertyville had its first recorded non-indigenous resident, George Vardin. Said to be {{citation needed|date=January 2013}} a "well-educated" ] immigrant with a wife and a young daughter, Vardin lived in a cabin located where the Cook Park branch of the Cook Memorial Public Library District stands today. Though he apparently moved on to the west that same year, the settlement that grew up around his cabin was initially known as Vardin's Grove.<ref name="cook"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306030211/http://library.thinkquest.org/12934/nfaboutland.html |date=2008-03-06 }}. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> | |||
In 1836, during the celebrations that marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S. ], the community voted to name itself Independence Grove. 1837 brought the town's first practicing physician, Jesse Foster, followed quickly by its first lawyer, Horace Butler, for whom Butler Lake is named.<ref name=cook/> The professionals needed services, so a post office opened, necessitating a third name change, because another Independence Grove existed elsewhere in the state. On April 16, 1837, the new post office was registered under the name Libertyville. | |||
The town's name changed again two years later to Burlington when it became the county seat of Lake County. When the county seat moved to Little Fort (now ]) in 1841, the name reverted to Libertyville, without further changes.<ref name="lbhistory">, libertyville.com. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> | |||
Libertyville's most prominent building, the Cook Mansion, was built in 1879 by Ansel Brainerd Cook, very close to the spot where Vardin's cabin was built in the 1830s. Cook, a teacher and stonemason, became a prominent Chicago builder and politician, providing ]s for the city's sidewalks and taking part in rebuilding after the ] of 1871. The two-story ] mansion served as Cook's summer home as well as the center of his horse farm, which provided animals for Chicago's ] lines. The building was remodeled in 1921, when it became the town library, gaining a ]-style facade with a pillared ]. The building is now a museum with furnishings of the period and other relevant displays. It is operated by the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society. | |||
The community expanded rapidly with a spur of the ] train line (now a ] commuter line) reaching Libertyville in 1881, resulting in the incorporation of the Village of Libertyville in 1882, with John Locke its first village president.<ref name=lbhistory/> | |||
Libertyville's downtown area was largely destroyed by fire in 1895,<ref name=ec/> and the village board mandated brick to be used for reconstruction, resulting in a village center whose architecture is substantially unified by both period and building material.<ref name=ec/> The ], which gave Libertyville a Great American Main Street Award, called the downtown "a place with its own sense of self, where people still stroll the streets on a Saturday night, and where the tailor, the hometown bakery, and the vacuum cleaner repair shop are shoulder to shoulder with gourmet coffee vendors and a microbrewery. If it's Thursday between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m., it's Farmer's Market time (June–October) on Church Street across from Cook Park -- a tradition for more than three decades."<ref>{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, mainstreet.org. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> | |||
]'s home in ] (now ])]] | |||
], founder of ], began purchasing land south of Libertyville in 1906. He eventually acquired {{convert|4445|acre|km2}}, a holding that he named Hawthorn-Mellody Farms. He also bought the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric line (later the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee), which built a spur from ] to Libertyville in 1903. When Insull was ruined by the ], parts of his estate were bought by prominent Chicagoans ] and ].<ref name=ec/> The home Cuneo built is now the ]. | |||
From 1970 until 2013, Libertyville was the resting place of the only European monarch buried on American soil, ], who died in exile in ]. On 22 January 2013, Peter II's remains were removed from his tomb at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery and sent to ] in a ceremony attended by the Serbian ] ], Peter's son ] with his family, and ].<ref name="post">{{cite news| url=http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/remains-of-last-yugoslav-king-peter-ii-karadjordjevic-returned-from-us-to-serbia/2013/01/22/ccbc58f2-64a6-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html| title=Remains of last Yugoslav king Peter II Karadjordjevic returned from US to Serbia| agency=Associated Press| date=22 January 2013| newspaper=]| publisher=washingtonpost.com| access-date=2013-01-23}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="rtv">{{cite news| title=The remains of King Peter II in Belgrade (Посмртни остаци краља Петра II у Београду)| url=http://www.rtv.rs/sr_ci/drustvo/posmrtni-ostaci-kralja-petra-ii-u-beogradu_365526.html| date=22 January 2013| language=sr| agency=] |work=]| publisher=rtv.rs| access-date=2013-01-23}}</ref> Peter II lay in state in the Royal Chapel in ] before his burial in the on May 26, 2013. | |||
==Government== | |||
] was elected mayor of Libertyville in April 2021. She is the first African-American, and the second woman, to hold the position.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pioneerlocal.com/libertyville/news/1516927,li-mayorfinal-040809-s1.article |title= Chicago Suburbs News - Chicago Tribune|website=www.pioneerlocal.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526065727/http://www.pioneerlocal.com/libertyville/news/1516927%2Cli-mayorfinal-040809-s1.article |archive-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Le Mignot">{{Cite news|first=Suzanne |last= Le Mignot |authorlink= |title= An Interview With Donna Johnson, Libertyville's First Black Woman Mayor |newspaper=]|date=May 23, 2021 |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/23/libertyville-first-black-mayor-donna-johnson/ |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
Libertyville is represented by Jennifer Clark on the Lake County Board.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IL/Lake/42276/113523/en/summary.html# | title=Lake - Election Results }}</ref> | |||
==Education== | |||
===Libertyville District 70=== | |||
{{Main|Libertyville District 70}} | |||
Libertyville has four public elementary schools and one public middle school within village lines, all comprising Libertyville District 70: | |||
*Adler Park Elementary School | |||
*Butterfield Elementary School | |||
*Copeland Manor Elementary School | |||
*Rockland Elementary School | |||
*] | |||
===Hawthorn District 73=== | |||
{{Main|Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73}} | |||
Students residing south of Golf Road attend ] schools in ]. | |||
===Oak Grove District 68=== | |||
{{Main|Oak Grove School District 68 (Lake County, Illinois)}} | |||
Students residing in communities along Buckley Road attend ] in neighboring ]. | |||
===Libertyville High School=== | |||
{{Main|Libertyville High School}} | |||
], part of ], serves students in Libertyville and other communities in Libertyville Township. Students residing south of Golf Road but north of Greentree Parkway or Red Top Drive are permitted to register for Vernon Hills High School or Libertyville High School, which consolidates District 70's Highland Middle School and Oak Grove School and Rondout Schools of Districts 72 and 68 respectively. | |||
===Other=== | |||
The ] St. Joseph Elementary School and St. John's Lutheran School <ref>{{cite web |title=St. John Lutheran School in Libertyville, IL |url=http://www.stjohnslib.com/school/}}</ref> of the ] both provide Pre-K-8 education to residents of Libertyville and the surrounding area. St Sava Monastery is also home to the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox School of Theology. | |||
==Economy== | |||
===Top employers=== | |||
According to the Village's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libertyville.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1638|title=Village of Libertyville CAFR |format=PDF |access-date= June 11, 2022}}</ref> as of April 30, 2020 the top employers in the city were: | |||
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! # | |||
! Employer | |||
! # of Employees | |||
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| 1 | |||
|Advocate Condell Medical Center | |||
|2,102 | |||
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|2 | |||
|Hollister Incorporated | |||
|527 | |||
|- | |||
|3 | |||
|] Credit | |||
|446 | |||
|- | |||
|4 | |||
|] | |||
|407 | |||
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|5 | |||
|] | |||
|343 | |||
|- | |||
|6 | |||
|] | |||
|326 | |||
|- | |||
|7 | |||
|Fabrication Technologies | |||
|307 | |||
|- | |||
|8 | |||
|] | |||
|278 | |||
|- | |||
|9 | |||
|] Credit | |||
|242 | |||
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|10 | |||
|] | |||
|239 | |||
|} | |||
==Library== | |||
Libertyville is one of six communities comprising the ]. The Cook Park library, located on Cook and Brainerd streets in Libertyville, is one of the District's two library facilities. The library was originally housed in the Cook Mansion, after resident Ansel B. Cook's wife, Emily, deeded the property to the Village of Libertyville in 1920 for use as a library.<ref name="Ansel B. Cook Victorian Museum"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904060518/http://library.thinkquest.org/12934/index2.htm |date=2005-09-04 }}. Accessed 2008-01-04.</ref> In 1968, a {{convert|33000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} addition was added, adjacent to the Cook home. By 1984, the library's collection, as well as the population, had doubled in size. The Evergreen Interim Library opened in 2003 as a temporary facility at the south end of the district, in ]. In 2007, the Library Board adopted plans to add an approximately {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} addition to the Cook Park facility, which was completed in January 2011. | |||
==Media== | |||
The ''Libertyville Review'', published by ], covers Libertyville. Regional newspapers that occasionally contain coverage of Libertyville include the '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
==Transportation== | |||
The treaty forced the Potawatomi to leave their lands by the mid-1830s , and by 1835 the future Libertyville had its first recorded non-indigenous resident, one George Vardin. Said to be a "well-educated" ] immigrant with a wife and a young daughter, Vardin lived in a cabin located where the Cook Park branch of the Cook Memorial Public Library District stands today. Though he apparently moved on to the west that same year, the settlement that grew up around his cabin was initially known as Vardin's Grove. | |||
Libertyville has a station on Metra's ] (at Prairie Crossing) and also two ] along Metra's ] which provides service between ] and Union Station, one of which shares a driveway with the station for the North Central Service. | |||
] provides bus service on Route 574 connecting Libertyville to Grayslake and other destinations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref> | |||
In 1836, during the celebrations that marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S. ], the community voted to call itself Independence Grove. The next year the village got its first practicing physician, Dr. Jesse Foster, and its first lawyer, Horace Butler, after whom Butler Lake is named. It also got a post office in that year, an event that forced another name change, because of an already existing Independence Grove elsewhere in the state. On April 16, 1837, the new post office (possibly located in Vardin's former cabin) was registered under the name Libertyville. | |||
==Drinking water supply== | |||
That was not the end of the town's shifting identities, however. When Libertyville briefly became the county seat of Lake County in 1839, it changed its name to Burlington, only settling on its current name when the seat moved to Little Fort (now ], which is the Potawatomi word for "Little Fort"). | |||
The Libertyville water supply comes from the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency (CLCJAWA) located in ]. CLCJAWA purifies water from ]. | |||
==Recreation== | |||
Libertyville's most prominent building, the Cook Mansion, was built in 1879 by Ansel Brainerd Cook, almost on the spot where Vardin's cabin had been built in the 1830s. Cook, a teacher and stone mason, became a prominent builder and politician in Chicago, providing flagstones for the city's sidewalks and taking part in the rebuilding after the ] of 1871. The two-story ] mansion served as Cook's summer home as well as the center of his horse farm, which provided animals for Chicago's horsecar lines. The building was remodeled in 1921, when it became the town library, gaining a ]-style facade with a pillared portico. | |||
*Pools: Adler Pool, Riverside Pool | |||
*Golf courses: ] | |||
*Lakes: Lake Minear, Butler Lake, Independence Grove, Liberty Lake | |||
*Parks: Adler, Cook, Sunrise Rotary, Charles Brown, Riverside, Butler Lake, Nicholas-Dowden, Independence Grove, Blueberry Hill, Paul Neal, Greentree, Jo Ann Eckmann, Gilbert Stiles. | |||
== Notable people == | |||
The community expanded rapidly with a spur of the ] train line (now a ] commuter line) reaching Libertyville in 1881, resulting in the incorporation of the Village of Libertyville in 1882, with John Locke as first village president. | |||
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* ], architect<ref>, David Adler Center for Music and Art</ref> (]) | |||
* ], Academy Award–winning actor<ref></ref> | |||
* ], writer and artist, most famous for her book '']'' | |||
* ], Libertyville trustee and ] candidate for the ]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhbusinessledger.com/article/20170404/news/170409484 |title=Newcomer Collins, incumbent Stack on way to Harper College board |date=April 5, 2017}}</ref> | |||
* ], actress ('']'') | |||
* ], actor <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/142028/orphans-star-bill-heck-finds-a-home-in-horton-footes-masterpiece/|title=Orphans Star Bill Heck Finds a Home in Horton Foote's Masterpiece|website=Broadway.com}}</ref> | |||
* ], first African-American mayor of Libertyville<ref name="Le Mignot">{{Cite news|first=Suzanne |last= Le Mignot |authorlink= |title= An Interview With Donna Johnson, Libertyville's First Black Woman Mayor |newspaper=]|date=May 23, 2021 |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/23/libertyville-first-black-mayor-donna-johnson/ |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
* ], Libertarian Party candidate for President in 2020 | |||
* ], writer, born here. | |||
* ], Illinois state representative and lawyer | |||
* ], co-founder of the anti-censorship group ]<ref>, by Greg Kot, ''The Chicago Tribune'', July 2, 2000</ref> | |||
* ], editor of ''Extra!'', bimonthly journal of media criticism; co-author of "The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error" | |||
* ], actor film and television | |||
* ], editor and publisher, founder of '']'' | |||
* ], publisher and countess | |||
* ], Civil War-era ] recipient | |||
* ], President and Chief Operating Officer of ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hennigan|first=W.J. |title=How I Made It: SpaceX exec Gwynne Shotwell |url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-spacex-20130609,0,2428179.story |access-date=June 10, 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 7, 2013 }}</ref> | |||
* ], Actress originating the role of Elizabeth Schuyler in the Broadway musical ] | |||
* ], 31st ] and Democratic nominee for President in ] and ]. Media reports during the campaign dubbed him ''The Man from Libertyville.'' His ], now technically in neighboring ], is now a ].<ref>{{cite news|last=St. Clair|first=Stacy|title=Adlai Stevenson Farm in Lake County gets national landmark status|date=April 14, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2017|newspaper=]|location=]|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-adlai-stevenson-farm-in-lake-county-gets-national-landmark-status-20140423-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Alan|title=Adlai Stevenson, 1952; Chris Christie, 2012?|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=June 1, 2017|newspaper=]|location=]|url=http://observer.com/2012/01/adlai-stevenson-1952-chris-christie-2012/}}</ref> | |||
* ], co-anchor of ]'s 9:00 news | |||
* ], the only monarch to be buried on U.S. soil, was buried in Libertyville up to 2013, before his body's return to Serbia.<ref>"Exiled Yugoslavian Monarch Is Buried at Libertyville Monastery", by Diana Dretske, ''Daily Herald'', August 11, 2009</ref> | |||
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=== Music === | |||
Libertyville's downtown area was largely destroyed by fire in 1895, and the village board mandated brick to be used for reconstruction--resulting in a village center whose architecture is substantially unified by both period and building material. The ], which gave Libertyville a Great American Main Street Award, called the downtown "a place with its own sense of self, where people still stroll the streets on a Saturday night, and where the tailor, the hometown bakery, and the vacuum cleaner repair shop are shoulder to shoulder with gourmet coffee vendors and a microbrewery." | |||
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* ], guitarist for the band ] | |||
* ], rapper, voice actor, and improvisational comedian<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014230606/http://movies.ign.com/articles/502/502897p1.html |date=October 14, 2007 }}, movies.ign.com. Accessed 2010-05-28.</ref> | |||
* ], bassist for the band ] | |||
* ], guitarist for the band ] | |||
* ], guitarist for the bands ], ], and ] | |||
* ], indie rock musician | |||
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=== Sports === | |||
], founder of ], began purchasing land south of Libertyville in 1906. His eventually acquired 4,445 acres, a holding that he named Hawthorne-Mellody Farms. He also bought the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric line (later the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee), which had built a spur from ] to Libertyville in 1903. When Insull was ruined by the ], parts of his estate were bought by prominent Chicagoans ] and ]. | |||
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* ], former running back in the ] | |||
* ], former guard in the ] | |||
* ], former center fielder for several ] teams and ] | |||
* ], former wide receiver in the ] | |||
* ], former center in the ] | |||
* ], professional soccer player<ref>{{cite news|title=Marshall Hollingsworth goes from Libertyville to Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/libertyville/sports/ct-lbr-marshall-hollingsworth-columbus-crew-tl-0128-20160125-story.html|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 4, 2016|first=Jon|last=Kerr|date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> | |||
* ], former professional soccer player | |||
* ], offensive tackle in the ] | |||
* ], former right fielder for several ] teams and ] | |||
* ], former forward for several ] teams | |||
* ], small forward in the ] | |||
* ], former president of the ]<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/18/former-chicago-bears-ceo-ted-phillips-sells-4-bedroom-libertyville-home-for-12m/</ref> | |||
* ], former punter in the ] | |||
* ], former minor league baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/libertyville/sports/ct-lbr-evan-skoug-tcu-baseball-tl-0623-20160621-story.html |title=Libertyville grad Evan Skoug still in hot pursuit of MLB dream - Libertyville Review |work=Chicago Tribune |date=June 21, 2016 |access-date=June 25, 2017}}</ref> | |||
* ], former offensive guard and coach in the ]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150624/sports/150629487/ | title=NFL great, former Bears coach Dick Stanfel passes | date=24 June 2015 }}</ref> | |||
* ], former first baseman for the ], All-Star and two-time MLB ] MVP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.falconliving.com/blog/mansion-owned-by-frank-thomas-is-listed-at-an-attractive-price/|title=Mansion owned by Frank Thomas is listed at an attractive price|work=Falcon Living|date=April 10, 2013}}</ref> | |||
* ], former American rhythmic gymnast | |||
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==See also== | |||
==Libertyville High School== | |||
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The Libertyville High School Football team, the "Wildcats," won state in 2004, and were state runner-ups in 2003. Thousands of people show up at their football games on Friday. | |||
*] and Monastery | |||
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Village in Illinois, United StatesLibertyville, Illinois | |
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Village | |
The Proctor Building in Libertyville (1903), taken in March 2013 | |
FlagLogo | |
Motto(s): Fortitudine Vincimus "By endurance we conquer" | |
Location of Libertyville in Lake County, Illinois. | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Lake |
Township | Libertyville |
Government | |
• Mayor | Donna Johnson |
Area | |
• Total | 9.16 sq mi (23.72 km) |
• Land | 8.81 sq mi (22.81 km) |
• Water | 0.35 sq mi (0.90 km) 3.83% |
Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,579 |
• Density | 2,336.40/sq mi (902.10/km) |
Time zone | Central |
Zip Code | 60048 |
Area code | 847/224 |
FIPS code | 17-43250 |
GNIS feature ID | 412036 |
Website | www |
Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a northern suburb of Chicago. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Lake Michigan along the Des Plaines River. The 2020 census population was 20,579. It is part of Libertyville Township, which includes the village, neighboring Green Oaks, and portions of Vernon Hills, Mundelein, unincorporated Waukegan and Lake Forest, and part of Knollwood CDP. Libertyville neighbors these communities as well as Gurnee to the north and Grayslake to the northwest. Libertyville is about 40 miles north of the Chicago Loop and is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago combined statistical area (CSA).
Geography
Libertyville is located at 42°17′03″N 87°57′38″W / 42.284222°N 87.960673°W / 42.284222; -87.960673.
According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 9.15 square miles (23.7 km), of which 8.81 square miles (22.8 km) (or 96.28%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km) (or 3.72%) is water.
The Des Plaines River forms much of the eastern boundary of the village. Other bodies of water include Butler Lake, Liberty Lake, and Lake Minear.
Libertyville's main street is Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21). The main automobile route to Chicago is via Interstate 94 (the Tri-State Tollway and the Edens Expressway); Chicago's Loop is approximately 45 minutes away. The main Metra rail station sits at the northern edge of downtown off Milwaukee Avenue, and serves the Milwaukee District/North Line running from Union Station in Chicago to Fox Lake. The same line is served by another Metra station at Prairie Crossing, near the boundary of Libertyville and Grayslake. The Prairie Crossing station also serves Metra's North Central Line, with service from Union Station to Antioch.
Major streets
- Tri-State Tollway
- Milwaukee Avenue
- Lake Street
- Buckley Road/Peterson Road
- Park Avenue
- Midlothian Road
- Winchester Road
- Butterfield Road
- St. Mary's Road
- Golf Road
Surrounding areas
- Gages Lake / Gurnee
- Grayslake Waukegan
- Mundelein Green Oaks / Knollwood
- Mundelein Mettawa
- Vernon Hills
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | 695 | — | |
1890 | 550 | −20.9% | |
1900 | 864 | 57.1% | |
1910 | 1,724 | 99.5% | |
1920 | 2,125 | 23.3% | |
1930 | 3,791 | 78.4% | |
1940 | 3,930 | 3.7% | |
1950 | 5,425 | 38.0% | |
1960 | 8,560 | 57.8% | |
1970 | 11,684 | 36.5% | |
1980 | 16,520 | 41.4% | |
1990 | 19,174 | 16.1% | |
2000 | 20,742 | 8.2% | |
2010 | 20,315 | −2.1% | |
2020 | 20,579 | 1.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 2010 2020 |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000 | Pop 2010 | Pop 2020 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White alone (NH) | 18,812 | 17,777 | 17,061 | 90.70% | 87.51% | 82.90% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 209 | 232 | 262 | 1.01% | 1.14% | 1.27% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 18 | 14 | 14 | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Asian alone (NH) | 948 | 1,154 | 1,238 | 4.57% | 5.68% | 6.02% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Other race alone (NH) | 13 | 16 | 55 | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.27% |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 170 | 282 | 759 | 0.82% | 1.39% | 3.69% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 566 | 836 | 1,186 | 2.73% | 4.12% | 5.76% |
Total | 20,742 | 20,315 | 20,579 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2000 Census
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,742 people, 7,298 households, and 5,451 families living in the village. The population density was 2,364.5 inhabitants per square mile (912.9/km). There were 7,458 housing units at an average density of 850.2 per square mile (328.3/km). The racial makeup of the village was 92% White, 5% Asian and 1% African American. 0.1% was Native American. About 1% each were classified as belonging to other races or to two or more races. 3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. While still largely homogeneous, ethnic diversity had increased slightly since the 1960 census, when the population was indicated as being 99.9% white.
As of the 2000 census, there were 7,298 households, out of which 40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66% were married couples living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25% were non-families. 22% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.7 and the average family size was 3.2.
28% of the village's population was under the age of 18, 5% from 18 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 28% from 45 to 64, and 12% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median household income was $106,337, and the median income for a family was $127,474. Males had a median income of $72,320 versus $39,455 for females. The per capita income for the village was $40,426. About 1.9% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.
As of the 2010 US Census, there were 20,315 people living in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 90.10% White, 1.23% African American, 0.16% Native American, 5.73% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.05% from other races, and 1.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.12% of the population.
History
The land that is now Libertyville was the property of the Illinois River Potawatomi Indians until August 1829, when economic and resource pressures forced the tribe to sell much of their land in northern Illinois to the U.S. government for $12,000 cash, an additional $12,000 in goods, plus an annual delivery of 50 barrels of salt.
Pursuant to the treaty, the Potawatomi left their lands by the mid-1830s, and by 1835 the future Libertyville had its first recorded non-indigenous resident, George Vardin. Said to be a "well-educated" English immigrant with a wife and a young daughter, Vardin lived in a cabin located where the Cook Park branch of the Cook Memorial Public Library District stands today. Though he apparently moved on to the west that same year, the settlement that grew up around his cabin was initially known as Vardin's Grove.
In 1836, during the celebrations that marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the community voted to name itself Independence Grove. 1837 brought the town's first practicing physician, Jesse Foster, followed quickly by its first lawyer, Horace Butler, for whom Butler Lake is named. The professionals needed services, so a post office opened, necessitating a third name change, because another Independence Grove existed elsewhere in the state. On April 16, 1837, the new post office was registered under the name Libertyville.
The town's name changed again two years later to Burlington when it became the county seat of Lake County. When the county seat moved to Little Fort (now Waukegan) in 1841, the name reverted to Libertyville, without further changes.
Libertyville's most prominent building, the Cook Mansion, was built in 1879 by Ansel Brainerd Cook, very close to the spot where Vardin's cabin was built in the 1830s. Cook, a teacher and stonemason, became a prominent Chicago builder and politician, providing flagstones for the city's sidewalks and taking part in rebuilding after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The two-story Victorian mansion served as Cook's summer home as well as the center of his horse farm, which provided animals for Chicago's horsecar lines. The building was remodeled in 1921, when it became the town library, gaining a Colonial-style facade with a pillared portico. The building is now a museum with furnishings of the period and other relevant displays. It is operated by the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society.
The community expanded rapidly with a spur of the Milwaukee Road train line (now a Metra commuter line) reaching Libertyville in 1881, resulting in the incorporation of the Village of Libertyville in 1882, with John Locke its first village president.
Libertyville's downtown area was largely destroyed by fire in 1895, and the village board mandated brick to be used for reconstruction, resulting in a village center whose architecture is substantially unified by both period and building material. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which gave Libertyville a Great American Main Street Award, called the downtown "a place with its own sense of self, where people still stroll the streets on a Saturday night, and where the tailor, the hometown bakery, and the vacuum cleaner repair shop are shoulder to shoulder with gourmet coffee vendors and a microbrewery. If it's Thursday between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m., it's Farmer's Market time (June–October) on Church Street across from Cook Park -- a tradition for more than three decades."
Samuel Insull, founder of Commonwealth Edison, began purchasing land south of Libertyville in 1906. He eventually acquired 4,445 acres (17.99 km), a holding that he named Hawthorn-Mellody Farms. He also bought the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric line (later the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee), which built a spur from Lake Bluff to Libertyville in 1903. When Insull was ruined by the Great Depression, parts of his estate were bought by prominent Chicagoans Adlai Stevenson and John F. Cuneo. The home Cuneo built is now the Cuneo Museum.
From 1970 until 2013, Libertyville was the resting place of the only European monarch buried on American soil, Peter II of Yugoslavia, who died in exile in Denver. On 22 January 2013, Peter II's remains were removed from his tomb at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery and sent to Serbia in a ceremony attended by the Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, Peter's son Alexander with his family, and Serbian Patriarch Irinej. Peter II lay in state in the Royal Chapel in Dedinje before his burial in the Royal Family Mausoleum at Oplenac on May 26, 2013.
Government
Donna Johnson was elected mayor of Libertyville in April 2021. She is the first African-American, and the second woman, to hold the position.
Libertyville is represented by Jennifer Clark on the Lake County Board.
Education
Libertyville District 70
Main article: Libertyville District 70Libertyville has four public elementary schools and one public middle school within village lines, all comprising Libertyville District 70:
- Adler Park Elementary School
- Butterfield Elementary School
- Copeland Manor Elementary School
- Rockland Elementary School
- Highland Middle School
Hawthorn District 73
Main article: Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73Students residing south of Golf Road attend Hawthorn District 73 schools in Vernon Hills.
Oak Grove District 68
Main article: Oak Grove School District 68 (Lake County, Illinois)Students residing in communities along Buckley Road attend Oak Grove Grade School in neighboring Green Oaks.
Libertyville High School
Main article: Libertyville High SchoolLibertyville High School, part of Community High School District 128, serves students in Libertyville and other communities in Libertyville Township. Students residing south of Golf Road but north of Greentree Parkway or Red Top Drive are permitted to register for Vernon Hills High School or Libertyville High School, which consolidates District 70's Highland Middle School and Oak Grove School and Rondout Schools of Districts 72 and 68 respectively.
Other
The Roman Catholic St. Joseph Elementary School and St. John's Lutheran School of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod both provide Pre-K-8 education to residents of Libertyville and the surrounding area. St Sava Monastery is also home to the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox School of Theology.
Economy
Top employers
According to the Village's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, as of April 30, 2020 the top employers in the city were:
# | Employer | # of Employees |
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1 | Advocate Condell Medical Center | 2,102 |
2 | Hollister Incorporated | 527 |
3 | Volkswagen Credit | 446 |
4 | Avexis | 407 |
5 | Medline Industries | 343 |
6 | Libertyville District 70 | 326 |
7 | Fabrication Technologies | 307 |
8 | Commonwealth Edison | 278 |
9 | Snap-on Credit | 242 |
10 | Community High School District 128 | 239 |
Library
Libertyville is one of six communities comprising the Cook Memorial Public Library District. The Cook Park library, located on Cook and Brainerd streets in Libertyville, is one of the District's two library facilities. The library was originally housed in the Cook Mansion, after resident Ansel B. Cook's wife, Emily, deeded the property to the Village of Libertyville in 1920 for use as a library. In 1968, a 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m) addition was added, adjacent to the Cook home. By 1984, the library's collection, as well as the population, had doubled in size. The Evergreen Interim Library opened in 2003 as a temporary facility at the south end of the district, in Vernon Hills. In 2007, the Library Board adopted plans to add an approximately 10,000-square-foot (930 m) addition to the Cook Park facility, which was completed in January 2011.
Media
The Libertyville Review, published by Pioneer Press, covers Libertyville. Regional newspapers that occasionally contain coverage of Libertyville include the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Lake County News-Sun.
Transportation
Libertyville has a station on Metra's North Central Service (at Prairie Crossing) and also two stations along Metra's Milwaukee District North Line which provides service between Fox Lake and Union Station, one of which shares a driveway with the station for the North Central Service.
Pace provides bus service on Route 574 connecting Libertyville to Grayslake and other destinations.
Drinking water supply
The Libertyville water supply comes from the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency (CLCJAWA) located in Lake Bluff. CLCJAWA purifies water from Lake Michigan.
Recreation
- Pools: Adler Pool, Riverside Pool
- Golf courses: Merit Club
- Lakes: Lake Minear, Butler Lake, Independence Grove, Liberty Lake
- Parks: Adler, Cook, Sunrise Rotary, Charles Brown, Riverside, Butler Lake, Nicholas-Dowden, Independence Grove, Blueberry Hill, Paul Neal, Greentree, Jo Ann Eckmann, Gilbert Stiles.
Notable people
- David Adler, architect (Castle Hill)
- Marlon Brando, Academy Award–winning actor
- Julia Cameron, writer and artist, most famous for her book The Artist's Way
- Phil Collins, Libertyville trustee and Prohibition Party candidate for the 2020 United States presidential election
- Marietta DePrima, actress (The Hughleys)
- Bill Heck, actor
- Donna Johnson, first African-American mayor of Libertyville
- Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian Party candidate for President in 2020
- Marissa Lingen, writer, born here.
- Richard J. Lyons, Illinois state representative and lawyer
- Mary Morello, co-founder of the anti-censorship group Parents for Rock and Rap
- Jim Naureckas, editor of Extra!, FAIR's bimonthly journal of media criticism; co-author of "The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error"
- Zak Orth, actor film and television
- Alicia Patterson, editor and publisher, founder of Newsday
- Cissy Patterson, publisher and countess
- George F. Pond, Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient
- Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX.
- Phillipa Soo, Actress originating the role of Elizabeth Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton
- Adlai Stevenson, 31st Governor of Illinois and Democratic nominee for President in 1952 and 1956. Media reports during the campaign dubbed him The Man from Libertyville. His home and farm, now technically in neighboring Mettawa, is now a National Historic Landmark.
- Mark Suppelsa, co-anchor of WGN-TV's 9:00 news
- Peter II of Yugoslavia, the only monarch to be buried on U.S. soil, was buried in Libertyville up to 2013, before his body's return to Serbia.
Music
- Jim Broustis, guitarist for the band X-tal
- MC chris, rapper, voice actor, and improvisational comedian
- Maureen Herman, bassist for the band Babes in Toyland
- Adam Jones, guitarist for the band Tool
- Tom Morello, guitarist for the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and The Nightwatchman
- Ike Reilly, indie rock musician
Sports
- Cedric Benson, former running back in the National Football League
- Mark Bortz, former guard in the National Football League
- Brett Butler, former center fielder for several Major League Baseball teams and 1991 All-Star
- Rashied Davis, former wide receiver in the National Football League
- Roberto Garza, former center in the National Football League
- Marshall Hollingsworth, professional soccer player
- Baggio Hušidić, former professional soccer player
- Charles Leno, offensive tackle in the National Football League
- Mike Marshall, former right fielder for several Major League Baseball teams and 1984 All-Star
- Steve Novak, former forward for several National Basketball Association teams
- Drew Peterson, small forward in the National Basketball Association
- Ted Phillips, former president of the Chicago Bears
- Adam Podlesh, former punter in the National Football League
- Evan Skoug, former minor league baseball player
- Dick Stanfel, former offensive guard and coach in the National Football League
- Frank Thomas, former first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, All-Star and two-time MLB American League MVP.
- Laura Zeng, former American rhythmic gymnast
See also
- Lambs Farm
- St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary and Monastery
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