General history.
Waukegan, Illinois was founded in 1829. It became a town in 1849 and became a city in 1859. Waukegan used to be a place were a lot of people wanted to be. In the 1920's its population was between 19,226 and 33,499. By 1970, the population jumped to 65,134. Waukegan was a very popular town to visit, and eventually move to.