Rest Haven, IL

Rest Haven is an unincorporated census-designated place in southern Will County, on the northeast side of the Kankakee River about three and a half miles south of Wilmington. The 2020 census counted 502 residents. Ritchie borders the community to the east, while Custer Park sits across the river to the south. The Kankakee gives Rest Haven a distinct lowland setting, with river roads, wooded edges, and open ground connecting it to the Wilmington area.

Rest Haven first appeared as a census-designated place before the 2020 count, so its civic story is tied more to geography than to a separate municipal government. Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U serves local students, and Wilmington supplies the nearby civic and commercial center. The river remains the place’s strongest thread: it separates Rest Haven from Custer Park, shapes the southern Will County landscape, and keeps this small community connected to the broader Kankakee corridor. Rest Haven is a map name with a real neighborhood around it, held together by roads, schools, and water.