Waukegan, Illinois

Waukegan
City in the United States
First LSA of Waukegan, 1940.
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History: Firsts
-	Local Assembly	1940
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Waukegan is a city of the U.S. State of Illinois. It is considered a suburb of Chicago.

History

Early teaching work in Waukegan was conducted by Corinne True. By 1938 there were eight people attending a weekly study class on the Faith who were interested in joining the religion, and in 1939 an organized Bahá’í group for Waukegan was formed with eight members. In 1940 the community was able to establish the Local Spiritual Assembly of Waukegan.

The Bahá’í community of Waukegan has remained active to the present day, with the community dedicating a tree in Bowen Park in 2021 after assisting in several neighborhood cleanups.