Geneva Lake with the nearby town of Geneva, Illinois, the city was renamed "Lake Geneva"; later the lake was renamed "Geneva Lake". Lakeshore attractions include Big Foot Beach State Park, Lake Geneva Yacht Club, the George Williams College campus of Aurora University, and Yerkes Observatory. The observatory is owned by the University of Chicago, which has established a study group to plan a regional center for science education at the observatory. Public access to the lake is allowed as the result of a decision by early European settlers that "20 feet of land leading up to the shoreline should be public domain."
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (Locally referred to as "Fontana") is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2010 census. Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located at (42.544288, -88.566010). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,672 people, 732 households, and 491 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 2,308 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was