Editing Ringwood, Illinois (section)

==History==

===Settlement===
Ringwood was settled in 1837 by Dr. Luke Hale and Wm. H. Beach, both native to [[Vermont]]. The original settlement was supposedly surrounded by a ring of trees, hence the name "Ringwood".<ref>{{cite book |author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company |title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA118 |year=1908 |page=118}}</ref>

===Development===
The Ringwood post office was established in 1845 to provide post office boxes for local industrial firms and residents located on the far northern edge of [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]]. The small village was [[plat]]ted in 1854, allowing the installation of roads, infrastructure, public amenities and allowing residents to legally own plots of land for agricultural use, and the construction of homes and businesses. In an attempt to maintain its small-town environment,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Ringwood was [[Incorporated town#Illinois|incorporated]] as a Village on November 15, 1994. By 2018, the Village of Ringwood had two paid staff, plus contracted services including building inspection, and an unsalaried Board of Trustees.<ref>{{cite web| title=About Ringwood Illinois| url=https://ringwood-il.us/| publisher=Village of Ringwood| year=2018| access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref>