1650Government
== History ==
=== Pre-incorporation ===
Native Americans of the area, such as the Potawatomi people, were trading with French trappers as early as 1650.
1835Government
Mundelein was first settled by European settlers in 1835, and was incorporated in 1909 after a spur line connected the village to the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad.
1836History
Natives lost possession of land in the area in 1836 and were forced west of the Mississippi River.
1837Education
The town's first school opened in 1837 and a church the following year.
1844Government
The charter for the school was initially granted in 1844, and the first version of the school was opened in Chicago.
1847Culture
He migrated from New York in 1847 and was a civic and spiritual leader in the community through his participation in the Methodist Episcopal Church and for his service in townsh...
1866Disaster
The seminary closed in 1866 due to financial problems, and the building was destroyed in 1871 in the Great Chicago Fire.
1885Infrastructure
In 1885, he donated 20 acres of land to the Wisconsin Central Railroad.
1887Government
=== Post Office ===
The first post office of Mundelein was established in 1887, in a building which is now used a store.
1889Civil Rights
=== Community Protestant Church ===
The Community Protestant Church in Mundelein first opened in 1889 with 16 members.
1894Government
==== Mundelein Elementary School District 75 ====
Mundelein School District was founded with the establishment of Lincoln School in 1894.
1902Education
Sheldon had opened another business school in Chicago in 1902.
1909Government
Rockefeller was incorporated on February 1, 1909, in a referendum in anticipation of an economic boom after the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad built a spur line term...
1910Education
Classes first began at the school in 1910, with students from Nicaragua, Australia, Mexico, and Germany.
1915Education
The Archdiocese of Chicago started purchasing land in Mundelein in 1915, and the school opened in 1921.
1921Education
The University of Saint Mary of the Lake opened in 1921, and in June 1926 the village hosted the closing events of the 28th International Eucharistic Congress, bringing hundreds...
1924Infrastructure
On December 10, 1924, the Village Board held a special meeting with representatives from the Soo Line Railroad, who requested that the board change the village's name to Mundele...
1925History
The Illinois Secretary of State approved in April 1925, and the board passed an ordinance changing the village name to Mundelein.
1926Education
==== 28th International Eucharistic Congress ====
The closing events for the 28th International Eucharistic Congress were held at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake on Jun...
1928Architecture
The 80-acre farm was opened in 1928 by the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, which was a company run by businessman Samuel Insull.
1929Architecture
The original village hall, which was built and dedicated in 1929, cost the village $36,000 to construct.
1930Disaster
==== Since 1930 ====
Floods in 1936 and 1937 severely damaged the village.
1936Disaster
The first flood occurred on September 27, 1936, after 1.33 inches of rain fell onto the village, damaging businesses.
1937Disaster
The second occurred in June 1937, flooding the village's main road and causing further damage to adjacent neighborhoods and businesses.
1940Education
The property was sold to a cattle breeder in 1940 and was partially used as the site for the construction of Mundelein High School.
1947Disaster
The first fire station in Mundelein was opened in 1947 south of the downtown area, being initially built with four bays, but later expanded to six bays.
1949History
The church moved to its current position in 1949 and was nicknamed "the church on the hill" due to its location.
1950Education
The four-room school opened in 1950 with 187 enrolled students.
1952Architecture
Five additions were added to the station between 1952 and 1961, including a second story to the building.
1954Architecture
The park district opened in 1954 and manages over 700 acres and over 30 parks.
1955Government
=== Fremont Public Library ===
Fremont Public Library was established on Park Street and Lake Street in the village in 1955, before later being moved to a larger site on Midloth...
1956Disaster
=== Fire department ===
The fire department of Mundelein is called the Mundelein Fire Department, and before 1956, the Mundelein-Countryside fire Department Corporation.
1957Education
The building was renovated from 1957 to 1958 to build an education wing, including a library and a nursery.
1960Culture
The department had no full-time employees until 1960.
1962Education
Carmel High School for boys opened in 1962, and the sister school Carmel High School for girls opened in 1963.
1964Culture
Initially stationed in the now-demolished village hall with a one-man police force, the department got its own police station in 1964 on Seymour Avenue and Division Street, befo...
1969Military
The monument was built in 1969 and contains an artillery anti-tank gun, a flagpole, and an engraved granite monument listing residents of the town who died in war.
1976Architecture
The current facility was opened in 1976 across from the location of the former village hall.
1979History
The race was first held in 1979.
1980History
The village saw economic and industrial growth during the 1990s, gaining over 10,000 residents between the 1980 and 1990 United States census.
1983Architecture
The museum opened in 1983 in a train facility, which been intended for the Soo Line Railroad in the 1920s.
1987Education
The campus was renovated in 1987, 1997, and 2016.
1988Education
The schools merged in 1988.
1996Architecture
The station opened in 1996 after a thirty-three-year hiatus after commuter rail service was shut down in 1963.
1999History
Since 1999, the record high was 103 °F in July 2012 during the 2012 North American heat wave, while the record low was -26 °F in January 2019 during the January–February 2019 No...
2000Architecture
The department moved into its current building on Midlothian Road in 2000.
2001Infrastructure
The tracks that the North Central Service ran on were bought out by CN in 2001 after the railway acquired Wisconsin Central Ltd.
2003Education
The district's boundary changed significantly in 2003–2004, in response to studies indicating sharp disparities in ethnic makeup among various schools in the district.
2008History
1", was restored in 2008.
2014Architecture
=== Village Hall ===
The current village hall was completed and opened in 2014.
2015History
Plans were made in 2015 to relocate the memorial to Kracklauer Park in the south of the town but were abandoned after public backlash.
2018Culture
The museum was closed from 2018 to 2020, as operations of the museum were transferred to the Mundelein Historical Commission.
2019Architecture
The building was demolished in 2019 for commercial development.
2020History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2020 census there were 31,560 people, 11,085 households, and 8,209 families residing in the village.
2021Military
The organization won three awards in October 2021 from the Illinois Association of Park Districts, two of which were from business partnerships.
2022Government
Mundelein greatly expanded in size in 2022 with the annexation of over 700 acres of land owned by the Wirtz family; the owners of the Chicago Blackhawks.
2025Government
The current mayor of Mundelein is Robin Meier, who was elected in early 2025.
2026History
In January of 2026, the Audubon Council of Illinois designated it an Illinois Bird City.