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Bangs Lake is a natural glacial lake that is located in Wauconda, Illinois. [1] It is named after Justus Bangs, the first permanent settler in Wauconda, who arrived in the summer of 1836. [ 2 ] Justus Bangs reportedly named Wauconda as well, supposedly after a Native American Indian character in a story Bangs had read. [ 1 ]
Wauconda Township covers an area of 24.2 square miles (62.8 km 2); of this, 1.4 square miles (3.5 km 2) or 5.59 percent is water. [2] Lakes in this township include Bangs Lake and Slocum Lake. The stream of Mutton Creek runs through this township.
Echo Lake, Lake Zurich, Lake County. 42°12′34″N 88°05′25″W / 42.20944°N 88.09028°W / 42.20944; -88.09028 Lake of Egypt (reservoir), Williamson and Johnson Counties
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Many early settlers of Wauconda came from New England and New York by covered wagon or through the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. [8] Elihu Hubbard built the first log cabin on the bank of Bangs Lake in 1836. Justus Bangs, the first settler in Wauconda, built a house next to the lake in 1848 and the lake was later named after him.
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