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Lake Bluff is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,616. The first settler family to claim land within the area now part of Lake Bluff arrived in 1836. They claimed 100 acres of land extending from the lake west to the Green Bay Trail. In 1849, a few residents left to seek their fortune in the California gold rush. I…
Lake Bluff is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,616. The first settler family to claim land within the area now part of Lake Bluff arrived in 1836. They claimed 100 acres of land extending from the lake west to the Green Bay Trail. In 1849, a few residents left to seek their fortune in the California gold rush. In 1837, William and Mary Dwyer claimed the land just north of the former Central School. They opened and operated a stage coach stop and tavern along the Green Bay Trail. Some of the other early settlers were Henry and Angeline Ostrander, James Cole and William Whitnell.
  • Country: United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: Lake
  • Township: Shields
  • Incorporated: September 21, 1895
  • Lowest elevation: 577 ft (176 m)
  • ZIP Code(s): 60044

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