Barrington Hills, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Barrington Hills is a village located about 40 miles (64.4 km) northwest of Chicago
in the U.S. state
of Illinois
. It straddles approximately 29 square miles (75.1 km²) over four counties, Cook
, Kane
, Lake
, and McHenry
. The population was 4,209 at the 2010 census. The Village of Barrington Hills was incorporated in 1957.
area and many affluent residents live there on large estates within commuting distance of Chicago. There is a minimum 5 acres (2 ha) zoning
restriction on building houses and both farming and horse raising are allowed.
Homes are on individual septic system and water wells. The Zoning Ordinance of the Village was adopted in 1963 but the existence of equestrian farms predate the Village by decades.
The Village is home to Hill 'N Dale Farms, belonging to Richard L. Duchossois
, owner of the Arlington Park
racetrack, Bill McGinley's Horizon Farm and Fitzgerald's Bank Note Farm. The community's identification with horses can be seen in names like Broncos and Colts for school teams, stores catering to saddlery and riding outfits, and subdivisions with street names such as Steeplechase and Surrey Court.
Good farmland and abundant water supplies attracted settlers Jesse Miller and William Van Orsdal in 1834. In the early 1840s, other farm families arrived, including German, English, and Irish immigrants, and formed a town near present-day Sutton Road and Illinois Route 68
. Initially called Miller's Grove, the community was later named Barrington Center. In August 1853, Otto Helm purchased 40 acres (16.2 ha) of land along a roadway that still bears his family name. The family names of other earlier settlers continue to be used for Bateman, Hart, Haeger's, Hawley and Otis Roads. Farmers brought their crops to nearby markets on the Fox River
in East Dundee
. By the late nineteenth century, dairy farmers supplied a local cheese factory.
Barrington Center Church was built in 1853 by the Barrington Methodist Episcopal Society
, and it was used as an army recruiting station during the American Civil War
. A memorial plaque outside the church lists 91 area residents - one woman and 90 men - who served in the Civil War. Since the 1980s, the church building has been used by a Korean congregation, the New Friends Wesleyan Church.
In 1860, about 18 immigrant families of Czech ancestry settled along the east side of the Fox River, near the future site of Fox River Grove. In 1867, land was purchased at the southwest corner of Church and River - Algonquin Roads and construction was started on St. John Nepomucene Chapel named after the patron saint of Bohemia. It was completed in 1873 and still survives today in Barrington Hills. The chapel was never served by its own priest, and currently services are scheduled only once a year. The chapel and its cemetery are owned by the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Cemetery Association, making it the only privately-owned Catholic chapel and cemetery in the Rockford Diocese.
Industry came to the area in the 1890s, when the American Malleable Iron Company built a plant on the northern fringe of Barrington Hills along U.S. Highway 14. The company hired hundreds of Hungarian workers and constructed a residential community for their workers which they called Chicago Highlands. The foundry closed in 1903.
Starting about 1900, business executives from Chicago, many of whom were tied to the railroad industry, purchased the rolling farms and subdivided them into large summer estates. One such individual was Spencer C. Otis, who by 1910 is credited with purchasing 1000 acres (405 ha) of farmland along what was then Goose Lake Road but is now known as Otis Road and creating Hawthorne Farm. Otis was a "gentleman farmer" of the era. He worked in Chicago commerce, but his hobby was dairy farming on his large country estate. Several of his business associates, including George E. Van Hagen, also built large estates in the area and ran their summer homes as year-round dairy farms.
In 1921, the Barrington Hills Country Club, with its eighteen-hole course, was established on 200 acres (80.9 ha) of unfarmable land between County Line Road
, Oak Knoll Road, and Northwest Highway. The land was donated by three of the club's early founders: H. Stillson Hart, who owned the farmstead known as Hart Hills just to the east of the club; George E. Van Hagen of Wakefield Farm, who owned the land just to the west of the club; and J.R. Cardwell, whose Oak Knoll Farm swelled along the winding Oak Knoll Road on the club's northern end. Van Hagen became the club's first president. Noted Chicago architect Robert Work, who was associated with David Adler, designed the first clubhouse, which was opened in 1926 and burned to the ground in 1930. Work designed the second clubhouse as well, which opened in 1931 and still stands today.
Eventually, land use in Barrington Hills changed away from agriculture toward horse breeding and riding. By the 1920s, residents began marking bridle paths. The Fox River Valley Hunt Club, founded in the late 1930s, helped continue the development of trails which used both private property and forest preserve land. By the late 1980s, over 70 miles (112.7 km) of paths were in use.
The Barrington Horse Show began in 1945. It was held on various estates until 1965, when the 15 acres (6.1 ha) Barrington Countryside Riding Center became its permanent home. The Center is owned and managed by the Barrington Countryside Park District.
. Portions of the village are also within CUSD 300. Some families send their children to Elgin Academy
.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the village has a total area of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km²), of which, 27.88 square miles (72.2 km²) of it is land and 0.52 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (1.83%) is water. The Village is located within the Fox River
watershed of the greater Illinois River
waterway. There is about 1700 feet (518.2 m) of shoreline along the east bank of the Fox River. Locally there are two perennial stream courses known to the west as Spring Creek and to the east as Flint Creek. Over the years, Flint Creek has been impounded such that along its course in the Cook County portion of the Village are substantial lakes with such names as Hawley, Hawthorne, and Keene.
Forest preserves
cover 6000 acres (2,428.1 ha) (42%) of the village area. The largest is the Spring Creek Nature Preserve, which measures 4000 acres (1,618.7 ha) of prairie
, swamp
, woods, streams and lakes. Another is the Crab Tree Nature Preserve and Helms Woods. The latter is attributed to be the location for the White Fringe Prairie Orchid which is a threatened plant species.
Into the 1990s, farmers still worked about 3000 acres (1,214.1 ha) of land. Residential properties of over 1 acre (0.404686 ha) covered 30 percent. There is no downtown center, but the village has a small shopping strip along Route 14. With a population of 3,915 in 2000, Barrington Hills has kept its rural flavor as industrial and commercial development has sprung up around its borders.
The village is bordered on the west by East Dundee
, Carpentersville
, and Algonquin
; on the north by Fox River Grove
, and Lake Barrington
; on the east by Barrington
, Inverness
, and to the south and southeast by South Barrington
, and Hoffman Estates
.
of 2000, there were 3,915 people, 1,381 households, and 1,168 families residing in the village. The population density
was 140.4 people per square mile (54.2/km²). There were 1,456 housing units at an average density of 52.2 per square mile (20.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.30% White, 0.46% African American, 3.91% Asian, 0.74% from other races
, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.92% of the population.
There were 1,381 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.9% were married couples
living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.4% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 37.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $145,330, and the median income for a family was $156,002. Males had a median income of over $100,000 versus $56,167 for females. The per capita income
for the village was $73,629. About 0.9% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
The village ranks 87th on the list of highest-income places in the United States
with a population over 1,000, with nearby North Barrington
, South Barrington
, and Inverness
also making the list.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. It straddles approximately 29 square miles (75.1 km²) over four counties, Cook
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
, Kane
Kane County, Illinois
Kane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, which is an increase of 27.5% from 404,119 in 2000. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora.- Geography :...
, Lake
Lake County, Illinois
Lake County is a county in the northeastern corner of the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, which is an increase of 9.2% from 644,356 in 2000. Its county seat is Waukegan. The county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area...
, and McHenry
McHenry County, Illinois
McHenry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 308,760, which is an increase of 18.7% from 260,077 in 2000. Its county seat is Woodstock. This county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is the sixth largest county, in...
. The population was 4,209 at the 2010 census. The Village of Barrington Hills was incorporated in 1957.
Overview
The rural-suburban area is part of the greater BarringtonBarrington, Illinois
Barrington is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois and Lake County, Illinois. The population was 10,327 at the 2010 census. Located approximately northwest of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks and horse trails in a country-suburban setting...
area and many affluent residents live there on large estates within commuting distance of Chicago. There is a minimum 5 acres (2 ha) zoning
Zoning
Zoning is a device of land use planning used by local governments in most developed countries. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another...
restriction on building houses and both farming and horse raising are allowed.
Homes are on individual septic system and water wells. The Zoning Ordinance of the Village was adopted in 1963 but the existence of equestrian farms predate the Village by decades.
The Village is home to Hill 'N Dale Farms, belonging to Richard L. Duchossois
Richard L. Duchossois
Richard L. "Dick" Duchossois is an American businessman and racehorse owner. He was the founder and Chairman of The Duchossois Group, Inc., a family-owned company headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois that is known for its ownership stakes in Arlington Park and Churchill Downs race tracks, as well...
, owner of the Arlington Park
Arlington Park
Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks than any other major metropolitan area...
racetrack, Bill McGinley's Horizon Farm and Fitzgerald's Bank Note Farm. The community's identification with horses can be seen in names like Broncos and Colts for school teams, stores catering to saddlery and riding outfits, and subdivisions with street names such as Steeplechase and Surrey Court.
History
]Good farmland and abundant water supplies attracted settlers Jesse Miller and William Van Orsdal in 1834. In the early 1840s, other farm families arrived, including German, English, and Irish immigrants, and formed a town near present-day Sutton Road and Illinois Route 68
Illinois Route 68
Illinois Route 68 is an east–west state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs east from Illinois Route 72 in the Dundee area to the Interstate 94/U.S. Route 41 concurrency in Glencoe. This is a distance of ....
. Initially called Miller's Grove, the community was later named Barrington Center. In August 1853, Otto Helm purchased 40 acres (16.2 ha) of land along a roadway that still bears his family name. The family names of other earlier settlers continue to be used for Bateman, Hart, Haeger's, Hawley and Otis Roads. Farmers brought their crops to nearby markets on the Fox River
Fox River (Illinois River tributary)
The Fox River is a tributary of the Illinois River in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois in the United States. There are two other "Fox Rivers" in southern Illinois: the Fox River and a smaller "Fox River" that joins the Wabash River near New Harmony, Indiana.-Wisconsin:The Fox River rises near...
in East Dundee
East Dundee, Illinois
East Dundee is a village in Kane County with a small section in Cook County. The population was 2,955 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Dundee is located at ....
. By the late nineteenth century, dairy farmers supplied a local cheese factory.
Barrington Center Church was built in 1853 by the Barrington Methodist Episcopal Society
Barrington United Methodist Church
Barrington United Methodist Church, Barrington, Illinois, is an historic United Methodist Church congregation in the Northern Illinois Conference....
, and it was used as an army recruiting station during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. A memorial plaque outside the church lists 91 area residents - one woman and 90 men - who served in the Civil War. Since the 1980s, the church building has been used by a Korean congregation, the New Friends Wesleyan Church.
In 1860, about 18 immigrant families of Czech ancestry settled along the east side of the Fox River, near the future site of Fox River Grove. In 1867, land was purchased at the southwest corner of Church and River - Algonquin Roads and construction was started on St. John Nepomucene Chapel named after the patron saint of Bohemia. It was completed in 1873 and still survives today in Barrington Hills. The chapel was never served by its own priest, and currently services are scheduled only once a year. The chapel and its cemetery are owned by the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Cemetery Association, making it the only privately-owned Catholic chapel and cemetery in the Rockford Diocese.
Industry came to the area in the 1890s, when the American Malleable Iron Company built a plant on the northern fringe of Barrington Hills along U.S. Highway 14. The company hired hundreds of Hungarian workers and constructed a residential community for their workers which they called Chicago Highlands. The foundry closed in 1903.
Starting about 1900, business executives from Chicago, many of whom were tied to the railroad industry, purchased the rolling farms and subdivided them into large summer estates. One such individual was Spencer C. Otis, who by 1910 is credited with purchasing 1000 acres (405 ha) of farmland along what was then Goose Lake Road but is now known as Otis Road and creating Hawthorne Farm. Otis was a "gentleman farmer" of the era. He worked in Chicago commerce, but his hobby was dairy farming on his large country estate. Several of his business associates, including George E. Van Hagen, also built large estates in the area and ran their summer homes as year-round dairy farms.
In 1921, the Barrington Hills Country Club, with its eighteen-hole course, was established on 200 acres (80.9 ha) of unfarmable land between County Line Road
Lake Cook Road
Lake Cook Road is a major east–west highway in Cook, Lake, McHenry, and Kane Counties in Illinois. For much of its length, it marks the border between Cook and Lake Counties, hence the name of the road...
, Oak Knoll Road, and Northwest Highway. The land was donated by three of the club's early founders: H. Stillson Hart, who owned the farmstead known as Hart Hills just to the east of the club; George E. Van Hagen of Wakefield Farm, who owned the land just to the west of the club; and J.R. Cardwell, whose Oak Knoll Farm swelled along the winding Oak Knoll Road on the club's northern end. Van Hagen became the club's first president. Noted Chicago architect Robert Work, who was associated with David Adler, designed the first clubhouse, which was opened in 1926 and burned to the ground in 1930. Work designed the second clubhouse as well, which opened in 1931 and still stands today.
Eventually, land use in Barrington Hills changed away from agriculture toward horse breeding and riding. By the 1920s, residents began marking bridle paths. The Fox River Valley Hunt Club, founded in the late 1930s, helped continue the development of trails which used both private property and forest preserve land. By the late 1980s, over 70 miles (112.7 km) of paths were in use.
The Barrington Horse Show began in 1945. It was held on various estates until 1965, when the 15 acres (6.1 ha) Barrington Countryside Riding Center became its permanent home. The Center is owned and managed by the Barrington Countryside Park District.
Government
Barrington Hills incorporated in 1957, composed of land only in the northwest corner of Cook County, and expanded over the next five years to its approximate configuration of today. In 1959, areas in McHenry and Lake Counties joined the village and in 1962 the Village of Middlebury in Kane County was annexed. With the incorporation of Middlebury, the Village acquired its first building being a single room school house converted into a police station. The current Village Hall was constructed in 1974 with a substantial addition in 1993. The building hosts the Police Dispatch center, administrative offices and public meeting room. A Fire Station was constructed in 1994 on the grounds. The only public school located in the village is Countryside Elementary School, with about 500 students, in grades K-5, in the Barrington Community Unit School District 220. Older students attend the nearby Barrington High SchoolBarrington High School (Lake County, Illinois)
Barrington High School is a public four-year high school located in Barrington, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Barrington Community Unit School District 220.-Original structure:...
. Portions of the village are also within CUSD 300. Some families send their children to Elgin Academy
Elgin Academy (Elgin, Illinois)
Elgin Academy is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory school in Elgin, Illinois.The Academy was established by charter of the Illinois General Assembly in 1839 to provide students with a classical education. The Academy's original building, Old Main, was constructed in 1855-6, and is...
.
Geography
Barrington Hills is located at 42°08′24"N 88°12′17"W (42.1400741, -88.2047880).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the village has a total area of 28.4 square miles (73.6 km²), of which, 27.88 square miles (72.2 km²) of it is land and 0.52 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (1.83%) is water. The Village is located within the Fox River
Fox River (Illinois River tributary)
The Fox River is a tributary of the Illinois River in the states of Wisconsin and Illinois in the United States. There are two other "Fox Rivers" in southern Illinois: the Fox River and a smaller "Fox River" that joins the Wabash River near New Harmony, Indiana.-Wisconsin:The Fox River rises near...
watershed of the greater Illinois River
Illinois River
The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long, in the State of Illinois. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of . This river was important among Native Americans and early French traders as the principal water route...
waterway. There is about 1700 feet (518.2 m) of shoreline along the east bank of the Fox River. Locally there are two perennial stream courses known to the west as Spring Creek and to the east as Flint Creek. Over the years, Flint Creek has been impounded such that along its course in the Cook County portion of the Village are substantial lakes with such names as Hawley, Hawthorne, and Keene.
Forest preserves
Cook County Forest Preserves
The Cook County Forest Preserves are a network of open spaces, containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes, that are set aside as natural areas. Cook County contains Chicago, Illinois, and is the center of a densely-populated urban metropolitan area in northeastern Illinois...
cover 6000 acres (2,428.1 ha) (42%) of the village area. The largest is the Spring Creek Nature Preserve, which measures 4000 acres (1,618.7 ha) of prairie
Prairie
Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type...
, swamp
Swamp
A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...
, woods, streams and lakes. Another is the Crab Tree Nature Preserve and Helms Woods. The latter is attributed to be the location for the White Fringe Prairie Orchid which is a threatened plant species.
Into the 1990s, farmers still worked about 3000 acres (1,214.1 ha) of land. Residential properties of over 1 acre (0.404686 ha) covered 30 percent. There is no downtown center, but the village has a small shopping strip along Route 14. With a population of 3,915 in 2000, Barrington Hills has kept its rural flavor as industrial and commercial development has sprung up around its borders.
The village is bordered on the west by East Dundee
East Dundee, Illinois
East Dundee is a village in Kane County with a small section in Cook County. The population was 2,955 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Dundee is located at ....
, Carpentersville
Carpentersville, Illinois
Carpentersville is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 30,586 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Carpentersville is located at ....
, and Algonquin
Algonquin, Illinois
Algonquin is a village in Illinois located in both McHenry and Kane counties. It is a northwest suburb of Chicago, located approximately 40 miles from the Loop...
; on the north by Fox River Grove
Fox River Grove, Illinois
Fox River Grove is a village in the Cuba Township of Lake County and the Algonquin Township of McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,862 at the 2000 census.-History:...
, and Lake Barrington
Lake Barrington, Illinois
Lake Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,757 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lake Barrington is located at ....
; on the east by Barrington
Barrington, Illinois
Barrington is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois and Lake County, Illinois. The population was 10,327 at the 2010 census. Located approximately northwest of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks and horse trails in a country-suburban setting...
, Inverness
Inverness, Illinois
Inverness is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 6,749 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Inverness is located at ....
, and to the south and southeast by South Barrington
South Barrington, Illinois
South Barrington is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States south of Barrington, Illinois. The population was 3,760 at the 2000 census. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of Chicago and home to the famous megachurch Willow Creek Community Church. The village is known throughout the area...
, and Hoffman Estates
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003...
.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 3,915 people, 1,381 households, and 1,168 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 140.4 people per square mile (54.2/km²). There were 1,456 housing units at an average density of 52.2 per square mile (20.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.30% White, 0.46% African American, 3.91% Asian, 0.74% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.92% of the population.
There were 1,381 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.4% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 20.0% from 25 to 44, 37.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $145,330, and the median income for a family was $156,002. Males had a median income of over $100,000 versus $56,167 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the village was $73,629. About 0.9% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
The village ranks 87th on the list of highest-income places in the United States
Highest-income places in the United States
-100 highest-income places with at least 1,000 households:This is a list of the 100 richest places in the United States with at least 1,000 households. This is the most common list used for referring to the richest communities in the country, as it eliminates any places with insignificant populations...
with a population over 1,000, with nearby North Barrington
North Barrington, Illinois
North Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,918 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Neighborhoods:There are a few neighborhoods in...
, South Barrington
South Barrington, Illinois
South Barrington is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States south of Barrington, Illinois. The population was 3,760 at the 2000 census. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of Chicago and home to the famous megachurch Willow Creek Community Church. The village is known throughout the area...
, and Inverness
Inverness, Illinois
Inverness is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 6,749 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Inverness is located at ....
also making the list.
Notable residents
- Robert G. AbboudRobert G. AbboudRobert G. Abboud is an Lebanese American politician in Illinois, Village President of four-county Barrington Hills since 2005, and was re-elected on April 7, 2009. Earlier he served as Village Trustee, elected in 2001...
(b. 1956), Village President and son of A. Robert Abboud, the former chairman of First Chicago BankFirst Chicago BankFirst Chicago Bank was a Chicago-based retail and commercial bank tracing its roots back to 1863. Over the years, the bank operated under several names including The First National Bank of Chicago and First Chicago NBD... - Tony AccardoTony AccardoAntonino Joseph Accardo , also known as "Joe Batters" or "Big Tuna", rose from small-time hoodlum to the position of day-to-day boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, to ultimately become the final Outfit authority in 1972, until his death...
(1906–1992), organized crime figure - Gerald F. Fitzgerald (b. 1925-2010), banker
- Bill MoseleyBill MoseleyWilliam "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top...
(b. 1951), film actor and musician - Henry PaulsonHenry PaulsonHenry Merritt "Hank" Paulson, Jr. is an American banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. He previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.-Early life and family:...
(b. 1946), Goldman Sachs CEO (1998–2006), U.S. Treasury Secretary (2006–2009) - Harry Mohr Weese (b. 1915-1998), architect and planner
- Vince VaughnVince VaughnVincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn is an American film actor, screenwriter, producer and comedian. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 movie Swingers...