Gurnee Travel Guide  

Gurnee can be described as a hamlet located in ‘Lake County’, Illinois, US. It’s, in fact, considered to be a portion of Chicago Metropolitan Area.
As per US Census Bureau, area of Gurnee, on the whole, comes out to be 34.8 sq. Km; out of which 0.07%25 consists of water. This place boasts of humid and hot climate in summer and snowy and cold one in winter.
Previous settlers in Gurnee region came by ‘Prairie Schooners’ and foot horseback drawn through oxen or through Great Lakes and Erie Canal. They had come from Warren, New York that had been named to honor ‘Major General Joseph Warren’; who had been killed at Battle of Bunker Hill.
According to census conducted in the year 2000, population of Gurnee was 28834; with its density being 830.8 per sq.Km. Around 3.5%25 of total population was found to be below poverty line; inclusive of 3.3%25 of the ones below 18 years of age; and 7.9%25 of the ones above 65 years of age.