User:Starstriker7/Vernon Township Cities

Municipalities located completely within Vernon Township

 * The village of Lincolnshire is both the largest community and one of two incorporated settlements located entirely within the Vernon Township. The village had 6,108 residents at the time of a national census conducted in 2000. The village was founded in 1957 when it was carved out of the unincorporated settlement of Half Day.


 * The village of Indian Creek is the smallest community in the entirety of Lake County, as only 194 residents were counted in the 2000 census. It is the second of two incorporated settlments located entirely within the Vernon Township. Indian Creek was incorporated in 1958 by residents of the area to combat annexation by the village of Vernon Hills.


 * The unincorporated community of Prairie View encompasses a small region sandwiched between Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire. The two villages have gradually annexed portions of the community; a significant annexation process took place in 2005.

Municipalities with a significant presence in Vernon Township and other townships

 * The village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois is one of the largest settlements present in Lake County, with a population measured at 42,909 during the 2000 census. The village was settled by immigrants from New England and Germany in the 1840s, and was later incorporated in 1958. The village stretches southwards across Vernon Township borders into Cook County.


 * Village of Bannockburn, Illinois


 * Village of Vernon Hills, Illinois


 * Village of Long Grove, Illinois


 * Village of Riverwoods, Illinois


 * Village of Mettawa, Illinois

Municipalities with significant presences outside Vernon Township

 * City of Lake Forest, Illinois
 * Village of Wheeling, Illinois
 * Village of Arlington Heights, Illinois