Lake Forest

city in Lake County, Illinois, United States
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Summary

Lake Forest is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lake County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: George A. Pandaleon[5]
  • Shares border with: Lake Bluff[6], Highland Park[7]
  • Postal code: 60045[8]
  • Commons category: Lake Forest, Illinois[9]
  • Inception: 1861[10]
  • Official website: https://www.cityoflakeforest.com/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lake Forest, Illinois[12]
  • Population: 877[13], 20,059[14], 19,375[15], 19,367[16]
  • Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[17]
  • Official name: Lake Forest[18]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lake Forest, Illinois[19]
  • Category for people who died here: Q23897208[20]
  • Number of households: 7203[21]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Lake Forest, Illinois[22]
  • Elevation above sea level: 202 m[23]
  • Area: 44.664258 km²[24], 44.66054 km²[25]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.3826 percent[26]
  • Per capita income: 98,058 US dollars[27]

Why It Matters

Lake Forest has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . cityoflakeforest.com. Retrieved . cityoflakeforest.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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