Editing Hinckley, Illinois (section)

==History==
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In the 1830s, a Mr. Hollenbeck, who lived near [[Ottawa, Illinois]], was traveling the then-unsettled territory. He found a grove of trees west of the present-day Hinckley and named it Squaw Grove, after the Native American women who were tending camp.<ref>{{cite book|last=Larson-Baird|first=Mary Jane|date=November 14–17, 1988|title=A Beginning History of Ethnic Contributions to the Development of Dekalb County|url=https://digitalexhibits.lib.niu.edu/s/history-harvest-2016/item/81|publisher=DeKalb County Historical Society}}</ref>

In the spring of 1835, John Sebree built a log house. The following year, more families came to the area and a small town was started at the west edge of what is now Hinckley, which was named Squaw Grove.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Village History |url=https://hinckleyil.com/index.asp?SEC=DE9F1DEF-DA5F-44FA-A81E-45CABEF0F48E&Type=B_BASIC |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=hinckleyil.com |language=en}}</ref>

Hinckley was conceived in the 1870s as the brainchild of [[Francis Hinckley]], president of the Chicago and Iowa Railroad. The rail line was placed one-half mile east of the Village of Squaw Grove, which was then named Hinckley.<ref name=":0" />

The first store came to Hinckley in 1872. By 1876, Hinckley had twenty businesses.<ref name=":0" />

The Methodist Church began in 1835, and St. Paul's Church came in 1885. A volunteer fire brigade was organized in 1886.<ref name=":0" />

In 1889, a tornado destroyed most of the village.<ref name=":0" />

On January 7, 1927, the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] played their first road game in Hinckley.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harlem Globetrotters |author-link=Harlem Globetrotters |title=Harlem Globetrotters Return to Hinckley, Illinois, Site of Their First-Ever Road Game |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harlem-globetrotters-return-to-hinckley-illinois-site-of-their-first-ever-road-game-300201341.html |access-date=May 22, 2020 |publisher=[[PRNewswire]] |date=January 7, 2016}}</ref>