Libertyville, Illinois

Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and an affluent northern suburb of Chicago. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2010 census population was 20,315. (There is also a township of the same name, which includes the village and some surrounding areas.) Located in northeastern Illinois, southwest of Waukegan and west of Lake Forest, its immediate neighbors are Mundelein to the west, Green Oaks, Mettawa, and Rondout to the east, Gurnee to the north, Grayslake to the northwest, and Vernon Hills to the south.

Geography

Libertyville is located at 42°17′03″N 87°57′38″W / 42.284222°N 87.960673°W / 42.284222; -87.960673Coordinates: 42°17′03″N 87°57′38″W / 42.284222°N 87.960673°W / 42.284222; -87.960673.

According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 9.15 square miles (23.7 km²), of which 8.81 square miles (22.8 km²) (or 96.28%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km²) (or 3.72%) is water.

Libertyville (disambiguation)

Libertyville is the name of some places in the United States:

Libertyville station

Libertyville Station is one of two commuter railroad stations on Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line in Libertyville, Illinois. The station is officially located on 200 West Lake Street near Milwaukee Avenue (IL 21), is 35.5 miles (57.1 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Libertyville is in zone H.

Parking is available at the station house on Lake Street and the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Newberry Avenue. The main parking lot is accessible from the intersection of Lake Street and Brainerd Avenue, as well as Milwaukee Avenue along the south side of the tracks. A second smaller parking lot exists on the north side of Lake Street between Brainerd and Milwaukee Avenues. All parking areas are south of the tracks.

Two other Metra stations exist in Libertyville, and both are in a section of town known as Prairie Crossing. One station serves the MD-N line, while the other serves Metra's North Central Service Line.