Libertyville Map
Libertyville is an affluent northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2000 census population was 20,742; the 2005 estimate was 21,760. (There is also a township of the same name, which includes the village and some surrounding areas.) Located in northeastern Illinois southwest of Waukegan and west by northwest of Lake Forest, its immediate neighbors are Mundelein to the west, Green Oaks and Lake Bluff to the east, Gurnee to the North, Grayslake to the northwest, and Vernon Hills to the south.
In 2007, Libertyville was named the 52nd best place to live in the U.S. by CNN Money Magazine.
Terry Weppler was elected mayor of Libertyville on April 8, 2009, defeating incumbent Jeffrey Harger 71 percent to 29 percent.
Nearby cities include Wheeling, Highland Park, Tower Lakes, Wadsworth, North Barrington.