The area is rich in lakes and swamp land; it was inhabited by the Potawatomi Indian tribe, who mixed agriculture with hunting and fishing.

An expedition led by Colbee Benton in the 1830s was followed by treaties by which the Potawatomi, the Sauk and the Blackhawk Tribes agreed to leave the area.

[4] Incorporation papers for Lindenhurst were filed in November 1956 with Lake County Judge Minard Hulse.

[5] The first village president was Lee R. Lewis, and meetings were held on Saturdays to accommodate the commuting members of the board and community.

The board held fundraisers like dances to purchase such things as stationery and record books.

After his first year in office, President Randall reflected on the successes: ordinances and zoning laws had been passed, roads were being graded, snow removed, and police were patrolling the village.

Running water from a tower near Fairfield Road and Hawthorne Drive arrived in the late 1950s.

"The idyllic family homes of Lindenhurst offered the perfect solution for a home-hungry nation," states local historian Joseph Brysiewicz.

550 acres (2.2 km2) were annexed into the village, and the growth of Lindenhurst brought up school and public safety issues.

A school for the old Lindenhurst farm served as Village Hall until it burned down, and the offices moved to Linden Plaza.

Lindenhurst became front-page headline material on November 27, 2006, when the village's first homicide in over nine years took place.

A Burger King manager was killed in an apparent robbery at the national fast-food chain's Lindenhurst franchise.

It grew out of tents and booths set up by local clubs and organizations in the village hall parking lot.

In a 1999 Lake Villa and Lindenhurst Review article, Village Administrator James Stevens said that Lindenhurst "has been able to keep the small town flavor, in large part, through selective land annexation, and by carefully choosing developers for high quality but diversified housing types, including single family, town homes and condominiums.

And all the housing types have to be integrated with the lakes, marshes, open space and forested areas of the village."