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New Lenox, Illinois

New Lenox
Village of New Lenox
Village
Nickname: Home of Proud Americans
Country United States
State Illinois
County Will
Coordinates 41°30′30″N 87°58′14″W / 41.508251°N 87.970597°W / 41.508251; -87.970597Coordinates: 41°30′30″N 87°58′14″W / 41.508251°N 87.970597°W / 41.508251; -87.970597
Area 15.68 sq mi (40.61 km2)
 - land 15.66 sq mi (41 km2)
 - water 0.02 sq mi (0 km2), 0.13%
Population 24,394 (2010)
Density 2,424.9/sq mi (936.3/km2)
Incorporated 1946
Mayor Timothy Baldermann
Timezone CST (UTC-6)
 - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code 60451
Area code 815 and 779
Will County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas New Lenox highlighted.svg
Location in Will County and the state of Illinois.
Website: http://www.newlenox.net/

New Lenox is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The village population was 24,394 as of 2010. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning forecasts New Lenox will have a population of 90,652 in 2030.

New Lenox is located approximately 36 miles southwest of downtown Chicago at 41°30′30″N 87°58′14″W / 41.50833°N 87.97056°W / 41.50833; -87.97056 (41.508251, -87.970597). According to the 2010 census, New Lenox has a total area of 15.683 square miles (40.62 km2), of which 15.66 square miles (40.56 km2) (or 99.85%) is land and 0.023 square miles (0.06 km2) (or 0.15%) is water.

What is now the Village of New Lenox was first settled in the late 1820s, in the area of Gougar crossing (Route 30 and Gougar Road) and it was called VanHorne Point. New Lenox Township was established when Will County was created in 1852 with the building of the Rock Island Railroad between Chicago and Rock Island, Illinois. Originally named Tracey in honor of the general superintendent of the Rock Island Railroad. Mr. Tracy later requested that the community be renamed. The first supervisor of the Rock Island Railway for New Lenox Township, John Van Duser, named the Township New Lenox from the town Lenox, New York, which was Van Duser's hometown. In 1863, the name for the new settlement officially became New Lenox Township.

New Lenox was not officially created until October 4, 1946. In 1945, 46 community leaders, F. Carlton Cole, Walter Baers and others reasoned that the community should be incorporated. Recognizing the benefits and the potential growth of the area, a community vote in the spring of 1946 resulted in the authorization for the creation of the Village of New Lenox. On October 4, 1946, the State of Illinois officially certified that New Lenox was legally organized and incorporated as a Village in the State of Illinois.

New Lenox is known as "The Home of Proud Americans" which exemplifies the quality of life in the community.


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