Zion, Illinois Zion, Illinois State Illinois Location of Zion inside Illinois Location of Zion inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Zion, Illinois Zion is a town/city in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
The populace was 22,866 at the 2000 census, and had grown to 24,413 as of 2010. The town/city was established in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie.
It was assembled in the early 1900s and burned down in 1937. The town/city was titled after Mount Zion, Israel. 1.2 Illinois Beach State Park According to the 2010 census, Zion has a total region of 9.813 square miles (25.42 km2), of which 9.81 square miles (25.41 km2) (or 99.97%) is territory and 0.003 square miles (0.01 km2) (or 0.03%) is water. Dowie modeled the town/city layout after the Union Flag, because he was originally from Scotland and Australia. In the planning stage he mailed the mayors of many large metros/cities athwart the world for suggestions on how to design the best town/city possible.
The north-south roads in the initial plan are all titled from the Bible except for two: "Caledonia" is the Roman word for Scotland, Dowie's native country, and Edina Boulevard which is titled for an old Roman abbreviation for the town/city of Edinburgh, Dowie's birthplace.
The initial east-west roads are numbered starting with 1 at the state line (now called Russell Road), although there are now new east-west roads which bear names.
The town/city used to extend all of the way down to the lakefront until the state bought it to preserve the beach.
Illinois 137.svg Sheridan Road Illinois 131.svg Green Bay Road Illinois Beach State Park Zion is the closest municipality to South Beach inside Illinois Beach State Park.
The beach was originally part of Camp Logan, a rifle range advanced by the Illinois National Guard in 1892.
In 1950, the Illinois Dunes Preservation Society was established to maintain the natural qualities of the beach.
With the help of the Illinois Department of Conservation the region south of Beach Road was established as the state's first natural preserve.
The northern beach, between Beach Road and the Wisconsin state border, were obtained between 1971 and 1982. The south beach is now home of the Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center.
On May 9, 2000, the region encompassing Illinois Beach State Park and North Point Marina was officially designated as the Cullerton Complex with respect to William J.
As of the census of 2010, there were 24,508 citizens , 7,552 homeholds, and 5,558 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 48.9% White, 31.10% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 12% from other competitions, and 5% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.2% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $45,723, and the median income for a family was $50,378.
Zion is served by Metra's Union Pacific/North Line through Zion stockyards station at the east side of the city.
Pace bus line 571 provides internal transit service in Zion and joins the town/city to Waukegan.
John Alexander Dowie, founder of Zion Zion (city), Illinois State & County Quick - Facts, US Enumeration Bureau A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St.
Early History "Zion Historical Society" "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Zion City, Illinois: Twentieth-Century Utopia.
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