Vernon Area Public Library District is a public library

Public library

A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...

 in Lake County, Illinois

Lake County, Illinois

Lake County is a county in the northeastern corner of the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, which is an increase of 9.2% from 644,356 in 2000. Its county seat is Waukegan. The county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area...

, USA, serving the communities of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, Illinois

Lincolnshire is a village in the Vernon Township region of Lake County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The village is a suburb of Chicago, a city in the adjacent Cook County. Its population was 6,108 at the time of the 2000 census. Lincolnshire was incorporated on August 5, 1957, from the...

, most of Buffalo Grove

Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Buffalo Grove is an affluent village located in the northern suburbs of Chicago, and in Cook and Lake counties in Illinois, United States. The town was named for Buffalo Creek, which was itself named for bison bones found in the area....

, Long Grove

Long Grove, Illinois

Long Grove is an affluent village located in Lake County, Illinois, approximately northwest of Chicago. As of the 2005 census, the village had a total population of 6,735...

, and Vernon Hills

Vernon Hills, Illinois

Vernon Hills is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,120 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 23,957 as of 2005...

, smaller portions of Riverwoods

Riverwoods, Illinois

Riverwoods is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Riverwoods was established on the banks of the Des Plaines River in 1949 by local steel magnate Edward L. Ryerson. The population was 3,843 at the 2000 census...

 and Mundelein

Mundelein, Illinois

Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 31,064.-History:The community now known as Mundelein has been inhabited since at least 1650, when the Potowatami Indians were known to have been trading with French fur traders....

, and unincorporated Prairie View

Prairie View, Illinois

Prairie View is an unincorporated town located in the northeastern area of the state of Illinois, in southern Lake County. It is considered to be part of the Vernon Township...

 and portions of unincorporated Deerfield

Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and is located approximately 25 miles north of Chicago, Illinois. A portion of the village is in Cook County, Illinois, United States...

. It operates a single library in Lincolnshire.

The population of the Vernon Area Public Library District was 41,055 as of the 2010 Census.

The Vernon Area Public Library District was counted among America's Star Libraries for 2010 and 2011, as named by Library Journal

Library Journal

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External links

• Vernon Area Public Library District