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Belvidere Road
Illinois Route 120 (IL 120) is a major east–west state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 14 in Illinois, U.S. Route 14 near Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock to Illinois Route 131 in Waukegan, Illinois, Waukegan. It travels a distance of and is one of the few roads that provides direct access from McHenry County, Illinois, McHenry County to Interstate 94 in Illinois, Interstate 94 (Tri-State Tollway) in Lake County, Illinois, Lake County. Throughout its length, it shifts between two and four lanes as it passes through a setting that consists of open rural areas, as well as larger developments and heavy congestion. Although small capacity improvements have been made over time, a lengthy two lane section of road in the Grayslake, Illinois, Grayslake vicinity has yet to see any major expansion. This key segment has been the subject of much delay and debate regarding the greater traffic flow across north-central Lake County. In October 2009, a special cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Route 47
Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 (Wisconsin), Highway 120 near Hebron, Illinois, Hebron, to Illinois Route 10, IL 10, just south of Interstate 72 (I-72) near Seymour, Illinois, Seymour. IL 47 is in primarily rural areas but in several suburbs of Chicago, such as Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock, traffic can be heavily congested. IL 47 crosses most interstate highways in northern and central Illinois, but the largest towns that it serves are Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock (at U.S. Route 14 in Illinois, US 14), Huntley, Illinois, Huntley (at Interstate 90 in Illinois, I-90), Lily Lake, Illinois, Lily Lake at (Illinois Route 64, IL 64), Elburn, Illinois, Elburn (at IL 38), Sugar Grove, Illinois, Sugar Grove (at U.S. Route 30 in Illinois, US 30), Yorkville, Illinois, Yorkville (at U.S. Route 34 in Illinois, US 34), Morris, Illinois, Morris (at Interstate 80 in Illinois, I-80), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hainesville, Illinois
Hainesville is a village in Avon Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,546. Hainesville has the distinction of being the oldest incorporated community within Lake County. History In 1838, a young boy named Elijah M. Haines (1822–1889) and his family moved from New York City to the Chicago area. In 1836, the young boy purchased a farm in Hainesville. During the winter of 1841–42, Haines taught school in Waukegan, Illinois (then known as Little Fort). In 1846, he surveyed and platted Hainesville. On February 26, 1847, the village incorporation papers were drafted. It is recorded that Elijah Haines met Abraham Lincoln in 1847. The two men met frequently and became well acquainted. It has been said that Lincoln spent the night in Hainesville a few times. In 1848, construction began on the Lake and McHenry Plank Road. By 1851, the road was completed to Squaw Creek just west of Hainesville, and the settlement became the locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Lake Park, Illinois
Round Lake Park is a village in Lake County, Illinois, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 7,680. It is located along the south side of the lake, Round Lake. Access to the lake from this town is private and only for residents of Round Lake Park. Geography Round Lake Park is located at (42.343688, -88.079175). According to the 2010 census, Round Lake Park has a total area of , of which (or 91.23%) is land and (or 8.77%) is water. Major streets * * Belvidere Road * Main Street * Washington Street * Hainesville Road * Peterson Road * Alleghany Road Demographics 2020 census ''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 can be of any race.'' 2000 Census As of the census of 2000, there were 6,038 people, 2,131 households, and 1,562 families residing in the village. The popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Lake, Illinois
Round Lake is a northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 18,721. Geography Round Lake is located at (42.354045, -88.100529), about 55 miles northwest of Chicago's Loop. According to the 2010 census, Round Lake has a total area of , of which (or 97.07%) is land and (or 2.93%) is water. Highways * * Belvidere Road * Big Hollow Road Demographics 2020 census ''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 can be of any race.'' 2000 Census As of 2010 United States Census, there were 18,289 people, 6,206 households, and 5,847 families residing in the village. The population increased 310% from the 2000 US Census total of 5,492. The population density was . There were 6,206 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 68.9% White, 10.77% Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter International
Baxter International Inc. is an American multinational healthcare company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on products to treat kidney disease, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. The company had 2017 sales of $10.6 billion, across two businesses: BioScience and Medical Products. Baxter's BioScience business produces recombinant and blood plasma proteins to treat hemophilia and other bleeding disorders; plasma-based therapies to treat immune deficiencies and other chronic and acute blood-related conditions; products for regenerative medicine, and vaccines. Baxter's Medical Products business produces intravenous products and other products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients; inhalational anaesthetics; contract manufacturing services; and products to treat end-stage kidney disease, or irreversible kidney failure, including products for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. History Baxter International was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Route 60
Illinois Route 60 (IL 60) is a east–west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois. It connects the village of Volo, Illinois, Volo at Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59 with the city of Lake Forest, Illinois, Lake Forest at U.S. Route 41 in Illinois, U.S. Highway 41 (Skokie Highway). Route description Illinois 60's northern terminus is at a T-intersection in Volo, Illinois, Volo with Illinois Route 120, Illinois 120. It runs south as a 2-lane road serving a mix of farmland and suburban neighborhoods in Grayslake and Round Lake. Running south through Mundelein, the roadbed begins to carry Illinois 83. Illinois 60 Concurrency (road), overlaps with Illinois Route 83 south of Ivanhoe, Illinois, Ivanhoe where Illinois 83 curves around U.S. Route 45. It is called Town Line Road east of Illinois 83 and west of the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 94), because Illinois 60 straddles the line separating Vernon and Libertyville Townships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Route 59
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockford, as well Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its central location and favorable geography, the state is a major transportation hub: the Port of Chicago has access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway and to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River via the Illinois Waterway. Additionally, the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakemoor, Illinois
Lakemoor is a village in Lake County, Illinois, Lake and McHenry County, Illinois, McHenry counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 6,182. Geography Lakemoor is located at (42.3401437, -88.2031240). According to the 2010 census, Lakemoor has a total area of , of which (or 95.37%) is land and (or 4.63%) is water. Major streets * * * Rand Road/Belvidere Road * Bay Road * Chapel Hill Road * Lincoln Road * Cuhlman Road * Lily Lake Road * Darrell Road * Sullivan Lake Road * Fox Lake Road * Volo Village Road * Gilmer Road Demographics 2020 census ''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 can be of any race.'' 2000 Census As of the census of 2000, there were 2,788 people, 1,014 households, and 717 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East On IL-120 Approaching IL-60
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox River (Illinois River Tributary)
The Fox River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River, flowing from southeastern Wisconsin to Ottawa, Illinois in the United States. The Wisconsin section was known as the Pishtaka River in the 19th century. There is another Fox River in Wisconsin that flows through Lake Winnebago into Green Bay. There are also two other "Fox Rivers" in southern Illinois: the Fox River (Little Wabash tributary) and a smaller "Fox River" that joins the Wabash River near New Harmony, Indiana. The Fox River watershed encompasses 1720 square miles in Illinois and 938 square miles in Wisconsin. Wisconsin The Fox River rises in the Halbach Swamp, southeast of the community of Colgate, Wisconsin and flows past Brookfield, Waukesha, Big Bend, Waterford, Rochester, Burlington, Wheatland, Silver Lake and Wilmot, for a total of in Wisconsin. A major dam in Waterford forms a navig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Route 31
Illinois Route 31 (IL 31) is a north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois, United States. It travels from U.S. Route 34 (US 34) in Oswego north to US 12, near the Wisconsin state line, just south of Richmond. Route description IL 31 follows the Fox River along the western bank. It parallels IL 25, which travels along the eastern bank of the Fox River. It travels concurrent with IL 120 in McHenry. IL 31 is called Richmond Road north of IL 120 and Front Street south of IL 120 in McHenry, Main Street in Algonquin, Western Avenue in Carpentersville, Eighth Street in West Dundee, State Street in Elgin, La Fox Street in South Elgin, Second Street in St. Charles, First Street in Geneva, Batavia Avenue in Batavia, Lincolnway Street in North Aurora, Lake Street (Southbound) and River Street (Northbound) in Aurora, and Lake Street in Montgomery. It is also, along with IL 25, signed as part of the Fox Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
