| Mundelein is
a village in Lake County, Illinois, in the United States.
As of the 2000 census, the village population was 30,935,
and estimated to be 32,774 as of 2005.
Mundelein has been inhabited
since at least 1650, when the Potowatami Indians were
known to have been trading with French fur traders.
The first European inhabitants
reached the area in the early 1800s. Peter Shaddle (for
whom a street is named) was the first known settler,
building a log cabin in the area now owned by St. Mary
of the Lake Seminary in 1835. The next settlers were
tradesmen escaping from England's industrial depression,
who became farmers in the Mundelein area. In honor of
their former professions, they named the city "Mechanics
Grove", and built schools, churches, and businesses.
The community grew and (while still unincorporated)
changed its name to 'Holcomb' in honor of John Holcomb,
a person who was active in the area's development.
As Holcomb, the community added
a railway station and a post office. The Holcomb area
incorporated in February 1909 under a new name, 'Rockefeller'.
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