Waukegan, Illinois

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city county seat suburb of Chicago

Waukegan, Illinois is an industrial port city on Lake Michigan in Lake County that serves as a northern suburb within the greater Chicago metropolitan area.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
county seat →
suburb of Chicago →
areaCode 224 →
847 →
climate humid continental climate →
country United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
county Lake County, Illinois NERFINISHED →
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 213 meters →
approximately 699 feet →
governmentType mayor–council government →
hasCulturalVenue Genesee Theatre →
hasFeature Lake Michigan shoreline →
Waukegan Harbor →
downtown business district →
industrial areas →
industrial port →
residential neighborhoods →
hasHigherEducationInstitution College of Lake County (nearby in Grayslake, serves Waukegan) →
hasNeighboringBodyOfWater Waukegan River →
hasPark Bowen Park →
Waukegan Municipal Beach →
hasParkDistrict Waukegan Park District →
hasPort Port of Waukegan →
hasPublicInstitution Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 →
Waukegan Public Library →
hasSportsFacility Waukegan Sports Park →
hasTimeZoneDST Central Daylight Time →
hasTransportation Illinois Route 120 →
Illinois Route 131 →
Metra Union Pacific North Line →
Pace bus service →
U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED →
isCountySeatOf Lake County, Illinois NERFINISHED →
locatedIn Chicago metropolitan area →
locatedInRegion Northeastern Illinois →
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone →
locatedNear Gurnee, Illinois →
Libertyville, Illinois NERFINISHED →
North Chicago, Illinois →
Zion, Illinois NERFINISHED →
locatedNorthOf Chicago, Illinois, United States →
surface form: "Chicago, Illinois"
locatedOn Lake Michigan NERFINISHED →
namedAfter Potawatomi word often interpreted as "little fort" →
partOf Great Lakes region →
postalCode 60079 →
60085 →
60087 →
state Illinois →

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago metropolitan area → containsCity → Waukegan, Illinois →
Jack Benny → grewUpIn → Waukegan, Illinois →
this entity surface form: "Waukegan, Illinois, United States"
Lake County, Illinois → hasCountySeat → Waukegan, Illinois →
Illinois → hasMajorCity → Waukegan, Illinois →
Lake County, Illinois → hasMajorCity → Waukegan, Illinois →
Northeastern Illinois → hasMajorCity → Waukegan, Illinois →
Ray Bradbury → placeOfBirth → Waukegan, Illinois →
this entity surface form: "Waukegan, Illinois, United States"