About the Village of Wauconda
Wauconda is located in the southeastern part of Wauconda Township on the banks of a beautiful little lake which has from earliest times been known as Bangs Lake, named in honor of Justus and Mark Bangs, the first settlers of the place.
The town of Wauconda was organized in the year of 1849, by a vote of the people of the County to divide said County into towns. There were 1,695 votes cast and all except three were in favor of the division.
How it got the name Wauconda. The name Wauconda, which means “Spirit Water” was given to the village, it is said, by a young man named LaFayette Mills, who at that time was a teacher in the “Little Red School.” Mr. Mills had read a story of Indian Life in the West and was greatly pleased with the part of the story which spoke of a small body of water called Wauconda, which in the Indian Tongue means Spirit Water. So he suggested the name to the people of the village and commissioners were appointed and favorably considered the suggested name.
Some of the oldest settlers maintained that the village was named for a young Indian Chief who was buried on the East shore of the Lake.
Comprehensive Plan
The Village of Wauconda adopted an overall Comprehensive Plan update in 1996 and adopted an amendment to the 1996 Plan in 2002. In 2005, the Village commissioned an update to these plans in order to provide one set of goals, objectives and current demographics and maps.
The Comprehensive Plan is a non-regulatory document which serves to guide future land use action of the Village. The Plan is intended to be used regularly for day-to-day land use decisions. It is also intended to be flexible and realistic for how land uses may evolve within the Village over the next 20 to 25 years. However, with this noted, it is general practice to regularly review the Plan and to provide future updates every 5 to 10 years.
Copies of the 2007 Comprehensive Plan will be available for purchase beginning August 6, 2007 at the Village’s Building & Zoning Department located at 109 W. Bangs Street, Wauconda, IL. Printed copies are available for $20 and a CD version is available for $10. If you have any questions, please call the Building & Zoning Department at (847) 526-9609.
View the 2007 Comprehensive Plan (Note: this is a large file, 9 MB in size)
