Silver Lake, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the southeast of Silver Lake and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Rockford. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the west of Silver Lake and has a population of 150,115 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Aurora	S	32 mi [51.5 km]	171,782	20.14% increase
	Cicero	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	S	49 mi [78.9 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Naperville	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Janesville (WI)	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	62,516	5.07% increase
	Kenosha (WI)	NE	31 mi [49.89 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	NE	40 mi [64.4 km]	82,196	0.42% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Algonquin	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	30,352	30.4% increase
	Barrington Hills	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	4,354	11.21% increase
	Cary	S	Less than 2 mi	19,559	25.94% increase
	Crystal Lake	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	41,797	9.99% increase
	Fox River Grove	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	5,172	6.38% increase
	Fox River Valley Gardens	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Holiday Hills	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	772	7.1% decrease
	Island Lake	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	8,588	5.34% increase
	Lake Barrington	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	4,975	4.58% increase
	Lake-in-the-Hills	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	29,698	28.27% increase
	Oakwood Hills	N	Less than 2 mi	2,376	8.3% increase
	Port Barrington	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Prairie Grove	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,995	107.81% increase
	Tower Lakes	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	1,302	0.61% decrease
	Trout Valley	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	602	0.5% increase

McHenry County

Silver Lake is located in McHenry County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McHenry: Walworth (WI), Kenosha (WI), Lake, Cook, Kane, DeKalb and Boone.

While not sharing a border with McHenry, the following counties are close to Silver Lake: DuPage, Coles and Racine (WI).

Below are counties that are near Silver Lake (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Silver Lake:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Silver Lake
	Boone County	W	Garden Prairie	24 miles [38 km]
	Coles County	E	Country Club Estates	12 miles [19 km]
	Cook County	S	Barrington Hills	4 miles [6 km]
	DeKalb County	SW	New Lebanon	20 miles [32 km]
	DuPage County	SE	Foxcroft	9 miles [14 km]
	Kane County	SW	Algonquin	6 miles [9 km]
	Kendall County	S	Boulder Hill	36 miles [57 km]
	Lake County	E	Fox River Valley Gardens	2 miles [3 km]
	Ogle County	W	Monroe Center	39 miles [62 km]
	Will County	S	Brook Crossings Estates	35 miles [56 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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