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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.
By the end of the 1930s, Wauconda's population exceeded 500 residents. At the end of the 1960s, Wauconda had three elementary schools, a junior high, and a high school. By the end of the 1970s there were about 5,600 residents living in Wauconda. Throughout the 1980s, most of the beaches on Bangs Lake gradually closed down.
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Wauconda may refer to: Wauconda, Illinois, a village in Lake County, Illinois, U.S. Wauconda Area Library, a library serving the village and surrounding areas; Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a tamarack bog and a National Natural Landmark located here; Wauconda Community Unit School District 118, a school district serving the village and ...
The Seuberts recently broke ground for Valley Sports Academy at a site located at 1855 125th St. in Lake Hallie. The goal is to open a 116,000-square-foot facility by November. Brian Seubert ...
The conference was formed in the spring of 1925 with seven original members: Antioch, Arlington, Barrington, Libertyville, Palatine, Warren, and Wauconda.By 1937, the conference had grown to 13 members with the additions of Leyden in 1926, Bensenville (renamed Fenton in 1955) in 1927, Ela-Vernon (renamed Lake Zurich in 1965) in 1928, Grant and Lake Forest in 1935, and Niles in 1937.
The village of Wauconda hired an engineering firm in 2014 to suggest improvements to the congested interchange with US 12.They proposed eliminating the interchange and converting it to an at-grade intersection with dual left turn lanes at each leg, two lanes in each direction for IL 176, three lanes in each direction of US 12, and developing the frontage of the intersection.