Lake Zurich

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Lake Zurich
Waterfront promenade overlooking the lake
Waterfront promenade overlooking the lake
Location in Illinois
Lake Zurich (Illinois)
Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich
Basic data
Foundation : September 29, 1896
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Lake County
Coordinates : 42 ° 12 ′  N , 88 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 12 ′  N , 88 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 19,984 (as of 2013)
9,572,572 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,110.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 18.0 km 2  (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of
which 18.0 km 2  (approx. 7 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 259 m
Postal code : 60047
Area code : +1 847, 224
FIPS : 17-41742
GNIS ID : 411743
Website : lakezurich.org
Mayor : Thomas Poynton

Lake Zurich is a suburb of Chicago in the US state of Illinois and is located on the 1 km² lake of the same name. The city was founded in 1896 and is 268 m. ü. M. It spreads over an area of ​​16 km² and in 2013 had 19,984 inhabitants.

prehistory

Lake Zurich is located in Lake County , which is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. In the 1830s, beavers dammed a lake through a dam. The first resident of the area was Seth Paine, who settled on land east of the lake in 1836. He wanted to establish a community here, just as the French philosopher Charles Fourier had described it. Since this community system had already been implemented in some Swiss cantons, Paine gave his settlement and the neighboring lake the name “Lake Zurich”.

In 1841, Paine established a community center on his property and invited people from Chicago to come over to teach them and promote Fourier principles. In addition to a shop, he had set up shelter for the Chicago homeless and was planning a subway. In 1850 just under 100 people lived in the small village. He continued to promote his model settlement, but was unsuccessful as the economy was poor and the country was in civil war. Paine died in Chicago on June 6, 1872.

founding

The former Rand Road (part of US Highway 12 ), an important mail route between Chicago and southern Wisconsin , ran through the community, but the population hardly increased in the late 1800s. In 1889, the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad (EJ&E) established a branch line through Lake Zurich. This led to the fact that the church leadership officially founded Lake Zurich in 1896 as a town, whose president Frank Clark became. Although attempts were made to establish their own industry in the village and ice houses were built, only around 200 residents lived there around 1900. From 1910 further railway lines were connected to the place. This gave Lake Zurich a new status as a local recreation area and excursion destination. Rand Road was paved in 1922, so that the place was easier to reach by automobiles and the first holiday homes were built. In 1936 the number of residents had risen to around 350 and in 1966 to around 3800. In 2000 it had 18,104 inhabitants. On April 22, 1967, the place was badly damaged by a tornado.

Worth seeing

There are several tourist attractions and recreational opportunities within the local limits. These include

  • Lemke Matt Recreation Area (211 South Rand Road)
  • Edward Jones Recreation Area (211 South Rand Road)
  • Cozzi's Adventure Golf & Games (theme park at 405 North Rand Road)
Parks
  • Paulus Park , Nestlerest Park , Lions Park
  • Breezewald Park , Kuechmann Park , Old Mill Grove Park
  • Knox Park , Sarah Adams Park , Bristol Trails Park
  • Chestnut Corners / Hunters Creek Park , Community Park , Hamilton Park

literature

  • Richard Whitney: Old Maud: The Story of the Palatine, Lake Zurich, and Wauconda Railroad. Transportation Trails, Polo, Ill. 1992, ISBN 0-933449-14-3 .
  • Spencer Loomis, Gloria Heramb: Lake Zurich Centennial: One Hundred Years of a Midwestern Village. 1996, OCLC 36167968 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lake Zurich, Illinois on city-data.com
  2. ↑ a b Lake Zurich on encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org, accessed on February 28, 2015.