Fremont Centre, Illinois

City: Fremont Centre

County: Lake

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 42.2833, -88.0667

Fremont Centre was established as a U.S. Post Office in the middle of Fremont Township in Lake County in December 1853. The post office took its name from the township, which was in turn named for John C. Fremont.

John J. Halsey, ed., A History of Lake County Illinois (Chicago: Harmegnies & Howell, 1912), 433, 435, 593.