THE LAKE STATION LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chicago Lake Plain setting.
Lake Station city has 8.29 square miles of land in Lake County. Its Census reference point is in Chicago Lake Plain, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lake Station and Lake County
Lake Station is associated with Lake County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Lake Station by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Lake Station, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 18.8 percentage points lower than the 20.4% recorded for Lake County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Station city has 12.3 times the land area of nearby New Chicago town (0.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

