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Also known as: Independence Grove, Vardin’s Grove
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2 charged for 2023 carjacking of pregnant woman in Libertyville • Jan. 9, 2025, 10:51 PM ET (CBS)

Libertyville, village, Lake county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. Lying on the Des Plaines River, it is a suburb of Chicago, located 35 miles (55 km) north of downtown. It was first settled about 1834 and known as Vardin’s Grove, for the first settler. In 1836 the land was officially opened for settlement, and the site was renamed Independence Grove. The patriotic theme was continued when it was renamed Libertyville in 1837 with the establishment of a post office (an Independence Grove post office already existed elsewhere). The name briefly changed to Burlington while the village served as the county seat (1839–41). ...(100 of 186 words)

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