Editing Northbrook, Illinois (section)

==History==
Members of the [[Potawatomi]] tribe were the earliest recorded residents of the Northbrook area. After signing the [[1833 Treaty of Chicago]], the Potawatomi ceded their Illinois lands and moved to a place near [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-107#:~:text=In+1833,+the+Potawatomi+sold,a+treaty+council+in+Chicago|title=Potawatomi Treaties and Treaty Rights &#124; Milwaukee Public Museum|website=Mpm.edu|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> Afterward, Joel Sterling Sherman moved from [[Connecticut]] with his family and bought {{convert|159|acre|ha}} of land in the northwest quarter of Section 10 for $1.25 per acre; Northbrook's downtown is located on this site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwcdaily.com/2015/11/21/sowing-the-seeds-of-shermerville/|title=Sowing the Seeds of Shermerville|website=Jwcdaily.com|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> A German immigrant named Frederick Schermer donated a portion of the land he bought from Sherman to be used for the [[Northbrook station|town's first railroad station]], which was named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://northbrookchamber.org/about-northbrook/history/|title=History &#124; Northbrook Chamber of Commerce & Industry|website=Northbrookchamber.org|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> By the 1870s, Shermerville (which also took its name from Shermer) was a farming community. In 1901 the community was incorporated as the Village of Shermerville after a close referendum for incorporation. At the time of incorporation, it had 311 residents and 60 houses. In these early years, Shermerville became notorious for rowdy gatherings at its five saloons; by 1921, therefore, residents believed that the name "Shermerville" had a negative [[reputation]] and sought to change it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/905.html|title=Northbrook, IL|website=Encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org}}</ref> A renaming contest was held, and the name "Northbrook" was submitted by the US postmaster (and then President of the [[National Rural Letter Carriers' Association]])<ref name="National Association of Letter Carriers (1920). The Postal Record Volumes 33-35. p. 81.">{{cite book |date= 1920|title= The Postal Record Volumes 33-35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUhCAQAAMAAJ |location=[[Google Books]]|publisher=National Association of Letter Carriers |page=81}}</ref> Edward Landwehr. Landwehr was the son of Herman and Anna Helene Landwehr, both German immigrants and early settlers in the community and for whose family Landwehr Road in Northbrook is named. In 1923, "Northbrook", the winning name, was adopted. At the time, Northbrook had 500 residents. Later on, after the end of [[World War II]], Northbrook's population began to rapidly increase.<ref>[http://www.northbrook.il.us/visitors/HistoryofNorthbrook.php "History of Northbrook"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906210225/http://www.northbrook.il.us/visitors/HistoryofNorthbrook.php |date=September 6, 2010 }}. Village of Northbrook. Retrieved on August 10, 2010</ref> In 1997, President [[Bill Clinton]] visited Northbrook to congratulate the 8th-grade students of [[Northfield Township, Cook County, Illinois|Northfield Township]] (which is mainly Northbrook)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.northbrook.il.us/583/Northfield-Township |title=Northfield Township &#124; Northbrook, IL |access-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130331/http://www.northbrook.il.us/583/Northfield-Township |url-status=dead }}</ref> for getting the highest score on a world science test, and for getting the second-highest score on a world math test.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.ampli.com/2010/04/interesting-facts-about-northbrook-il.html|title=Interesting Facts in Northbrook, IL's History|website=Blog.ampli.com|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
Between 1950 and 1980, the town's population rose from 3,319 to 30,735. Northbrook was the first [[community]] not bordering [[Lake Michigan]] to filter Lake Michigan water for public use.<ref name="northbrookhistory.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.northbrookhistory.org/village-history/|title=Village History|website=Northbrook Historical Society & Museum|date=March 9, 2015 }}</ref> Owing to the [[suburbanization]] of the community, the last working farm in Northbrook, the Wayside Farm, was sold and closed in 1987.<ref name="northbrookhistory.org"/>