Rosecrans, Illinois

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Rosecrans
— Unincorporated populated place —
Rosecrans
Coordinates: 42°27′55″N 87°57′09″W / 42.46528°N 87.95250°W / 42.46528; -87.95250Coordinates: 42°27′55″N 87°57′09″W / 42.46528°N 87.95250°W / 42.46528; -87.95250
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lake
Named for	William Starke Rosecrans
Elevation	718 ft (219 m)

Rosecrans, Illinois is an unincorporated community along Rosecrans Road (Illinois Route 173) just west of U.S. Route 41 in northern Lake County, Illinois, 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south of the Wisconsin state line and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west of Lake Michigan. The community is named for American Civil War General William Starke Rosecrans. The business district is at the intersection of IL 173 and US 41, east of the residential community.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Waukegan

Cities	Highland Park Highwood Lake Forest North Chicago Park City Waukegan Zion

Villages	Antioch Arlington Heights‡ Bannockburn Barrington‡ Barrington Hills‡ Beach Park Buffalo Grove‡ Deerfield‡ Deer Park‡ Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Indian Creek Island Lake‡ Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor‡ Libertyville Lincolnshire Lindenhurst Long Grove Mettawa Mundelein North Barrington Old Mill Creek Port Barrington‡ Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Third Lake Tower Lakes Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Wheeling‡ Winthrop Harbor

Townships	Antioch Avon Benton Cuba Ela Fremont Grant Lake Villa Libertyville Moraine Newport Shields Vernon Warren Wauconda Waukegan West Deerfield Zion

CDPs	Channel Lake Forest Lake Fox Lake Hills Gages Lake Grandwood Park Knollwood Lake Catherine Long Lake Venetian Village

Other unincorporated communities	Aptakisic Diamond Lake Fort Sheridan Fremont Center Gilmer Grass Lake Ingleside Ivanhoe Loon Lake Millburn Monaville Palm Beach Prairie View Rondout Rosecrans Russell Sylvan Lake West Miltmore Wildwood

Former settlement	Half Day Wilson

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties