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."
Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio Geneva-on-the-Lake is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,288 at the 2010 census. Geneva-on-the-Lake is located at (41.857753, -80.946372). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,288 people, 589 households, and 326 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,136 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.9% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian,