Old Mill Creek, IL

Old Mill Creek is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 162 residents. In 1838 a man known by the name of Jacob Miller built a sawmill along a tributary of the Des Plaines River, of which he named Mill Creek. However, this year is debated and historians believe it could have been built between 1835 and 1840. A newcomer can read Old Mill Creek through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Old Mill Creek comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.