Knollwood, Illinois

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name = Knollwood
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category = Unincorporated


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Knollwood is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois. It is located within Shields Township and Libertyville Township. Knollwood shares a postal code with neighboring village Lake Bluff. Knollwood residents are served by Lake Bluff School District 65, Lake Bluff Park District, and Lake Forest High School District 115. Knollwood residents have unsuccessfully petitioned for annexation into Lake Bluff in 1978, 1982, and 1996. The now defunct Lake Bluff West Elementary School is located in Knollwood. The residents of Knollwood are protected by the Knollwood Fire Department, a volunteer organization, as well as by the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

Geography

Knollwood is bordered on three sides (E, NE and SE) almost entirely by Lake Bluff. A small portion of the Northern boundary at the Western edge borders the large campus of Abbott Laboratories, which is in North Chicago. To the West of Knollwood is Green Oaks, which is a part of the Libertyville community. South of Knollwood, the area West of Waukegan Road is Lake Forest.

Demographics

External links

* [http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/citiescounty.cfm&countyid=17097 NACo]