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Welcome to Lanark Illinois, Home of Corn, Cattle, Classic Buildings, and the Cougars!

Mayor Mark Macomber and the City Council 
welcome you to the official website for the

City of Lanark, Illinois

Established in 1861, Lanark is a beautiful, peaceful rural community located in Northwest Illinois, in Carroll County. We are 5 minutes south of Lake Carroll, 20 minutes east of the Mississippi River, and 2 hours west of Chicago. The city is known for its stately trees, historic, picturesque business district and magnificent homes, both old and new.

Lanark is proud to be within the Eastland School District with its excellence in academics as well as its sports and other extracurricular activities. Eastland continues to produce State Championship victories in football, volleyball, basketball, track, band, wrestling, FFA, and more. Lanark is the home of the Eastland Junior-Senior High School.

There are plenty of recreation opportunities nearby with Lake Carroll, the Mississippi River, golf courses, a nationally known summer stock playhouse theater, movie theater, camping, hunting, fishing, and much more. We thank you for visiting our website, and we hope you will stay!

Latest News

  • Welcome to our Updated Site!

    May 3, 2023 in Uncategorized

    Glad to see you here, and we hope you will stay awhile. We have updated the software that operates this website with the latest version. Some issues that were causing trouble with the old site have now been corrected, such as not being able to post the Council agendas and meeting minutes. Not all of the sections have been completed yet, and we ask that you give us a little time to get that done. We felt that the benefit of posting the agendas and minutes again outweighed bringing the whole works on at the same time, so for now, as it was in the beginning, this is a “work in process”. There will be some new sections, including a separate page for the Maintenance Department, and also a page dedicated to locating common FOIA data much more easily than ever before.

    Again, thanks for stopping by, and we hope you will enjoy the new look!