Crete, Illinois

==Geography==
Crete is located at {{coord|41|27|21|N|87|37|8|W|type:city}} (41.455910, -87.618798).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the 2010 census, Crete has a total area of {{convert|9.627|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|9.61|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.82%) is land and {{convert|0.017|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.18%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1717523
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=2015-08-02
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213064915/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1717523
  |archive-date=2020-02-13
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>  Crete is located about {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of Illinois Route 394 and within {{convert|40|mi|km}} of downtown Chicago. [[Willow Brook Estates, Illinois|Willow Brook Estates]], an unincorporated area between Crete and the [[Indiana]] border, uses the Crete postal code and is considered an eastern extension of the village.