LIBERTYVILLE

village, northern suburb of Chicago, Lake county, northeastern Illinois, U.S., on the Des Plaines River. It was founded in 1836 by settlers from New England and originally called Independence Grove. The patriotic theme was continued when it was renamed in 1837. The village, mainly residential, has some industry, including the manufacture of mobile farm equipment. A farm near Libertyville was the home of Adlai E. Stevenson II, governor of Illinois (194953) and Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956. Inc. 1882. Pop. (1990) 19,174.