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- n-us-il
Variants
- Waukegan, Ill.
- Riviere du Vieux Fort (Ill.)
- Old Fort River (Ill.)
- Wakaygagh (Ill.)
- Small Fort River (Ill.)
- Waukegance (Ill.)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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Earlier Established Forms
- Waukegan, Ill.
Sources
- found: GeoNames, July 27, 2015(ppl; N 42° 21' 49'' W 87° 50' 41''; orig. names: Riviere du Vieux Fort; Old Fort River; Wakaygagh; Small Fort River; Little Fort; Waukegance [only publ. for "Little Fort" found in LC database])
- found: Wikipedia, Dec. 4, 2014(The site of present-day Waukegan was recorded as Riviere du Vieux Fort ["Old Fort River"] and Wakaygagh on a 1778 map by Thomas Hutchins. By the 1820s, the French name had become "Small Fort River" in English, and the settlement was known as "Little Fort". The name "Waukegance" and then "Waukegan" ... was adopted in 1849) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois
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Change Notes
- 1980-05-15: new
- 2015-07-28: revised
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