Lakeside Cemetery

Lakeside Cemetery is located on north side of Lake Street just a few blocks west of Milwaukee Ave in Libertyville, Illinois. The cemetery overlooks Butler Lake. The first settlers in Lake County arrived in the 1830’s. Lakeside Cemetery was platted in 1843. At that time, Libertyville was known as Independence Grove and Butler Lake was called Independence Lake. Lakeside is the oldest cemetery in Libertyville Township and among the oldest in the Lake County. The oldest known burial at Lakeside is that of John Smith in 1844. There are many early Lake County settlers that are buried at Lakeside. In the early days, Lake Street was just a dirt road that came west from Milwaukee Ave in Libertyville and ended at the cemetery and lake. The cemetery had an iron fence and a high frame arched gate bearing the cemetery name in front. Today the distinctive high arch with the cemetery name is all that remains of the fence and gate. The Lakeside Cemetery Association was organized in 1910 to manage cemetery operation.