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'''Barrington Hills''' is a village located about {{convert|40|mi|km}} northwest of [[Chicago]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 4,114.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barrington Hills village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1703883|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref> It straddles approximately {{convert|29|sqmi}} over four counties, [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]], [[Kane County, Illinois|Kane]], [[Lake County, Illinois|Lake]], and [[McHenry County, Illinois|McHenry]]. The Village of Barrington Hills was incorporated in 1957.

The suburban village is included in the greater [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]] area. Many very affluent residents live on large estates and commute to downtown Chicago. A minimum {{convert|5|acre|adj=on}} zoning restriction has been in effect on new construction since 1963, but the existence of equestrian farms antedates the village by decades. Farming and horse raising are allowed.<ref name="eoc">[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/111.html Encyclopedia of Chicago] Retrieved September 24, 2006</ref> 
Barrington Hills includes farms and estates such as ''Hill 'N Dale Farms'', which was owned by [[Richard L. Duchossois]], former owner of the [[Arlington Park]] racetrack. It was acquired by Citizens for Conservation in 2022 CFC plans to restore the original countours of Spring Creek as well as wetlands and prairies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://citizensforconservation.org/conservation/our-preserves/hill-n-dale-preserve/ | title=Hill 'N Dale Preserve < Citizens for Conservation, Barrington, Illinois }}</ref> Another example of an estate is ''Bank Note Farm''. The identification of the area with horses carries over to the names Broncos and Colts for school teams.<ref name="eoc"/>

==History==

===Barrington Center Church===
[[Image:BCenterChurch.JPG|thumb|left|Barrington Center Church]]
Barrington Center Church was built in 1853 by the [[Barrington United Methodist Church|Barrington Methodist Episcopal Society]].<ref>[http://www.barringtonumc.com/about/history.html History of the Barrington United Methodist Church] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084506/http://www.barringtonumc.com/about/history.html |date=September 28, 2007 }} accessed March 30, 2007</ref>  A memorial plaque outside the church lists 91 area residents - one woman and 90 men - who served in the Civil War.<ref name="bal1">{{cite web |url=http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/local/barrington_area_cemeteries |title=Barrington Area Cemeteries|year=2010|publisher=Barrington Area Library|access-date=March 2, 2010}}</ref> Since the 1980s, the church building has been used by a [[Korean-American]] congregation, the New Friends Wesleyan Church.

In 1860, about 18 immigrant families of [[Czechs|Czech]] ancestry settled along the east side of the Fox River, near the future site of [[Fox River Grove, Illinois|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]]. Completed in 1873, 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 [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford|Rockford Diocese]].<ref name="bal1"/><ref>[http://observer.rockforddiocese.org/Archives/November22007/CatholicChurchandCemeteryNowPrivatelyOwned/tabid/785/Default.aspx The Observer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306073519/http://observer.rockforddiocese.org/Archives/November22007/CatholicChurchandCemeteryNowPrivatelyOwned/tabid/785/Default.aspx |date=March 6, 2016 }} accessed December 6, 2007</ref>

===Railroad and gentleman farms===
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 Sr., who by 1910 is credited with purchasing {{convert|1000|acre|0}} 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 which was led by his son Spencer Otis Jr. who attended agricultural school in at the University of Illinois in Urbana. At this time the university was experimenting building round barns, of which became an Otis signature, as there were three built on the Hawthorne Farm.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fitch |first=Victoria R. |title=Hark Back to Barrington: 50 Years with the Fox River Hunt |date=1993 |publisher=Barrington Area Historical Society |location=Barrington, Illinois |pages=1}}</ref> Several of Otis Senior's business associates, including George E. Van Hagen, also built large estates in the area and ran their summer homes as year-round dairy farms.

===Barrington Hills Country Club===
In 1921, the Barrington Hills Country Club, with its eighteen-hole golf course, was established on {{convert|200|acre}} of unfarmable land between [[Lake Cook Road|County Line Road]], Oak Knoll Road, and [[U.S. Route 14|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.<ref>{{cite book |title= A Club in the Country: The Story of Barrington Hills Country Club| last=Schmitz| first=Patty Dowd| year=2007| publisher=Barrington Hills Country Club| location=Barrington Hills, Ill| oclc=165274776}}</ref>
[[Image:BHills Estate.JPG|right|thumb|The Grigsby Estate is on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois|National Register of Historic Places in Lake County]].]]

==Education==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-13 |title=Home - Countryside Elementary |url=https://countryside.barrington220.org/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=countryside.barrington220.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Countryside Elementary School draws students from both Barrington Hills and the eastern half of Fox River Grove which falls into District 220 also.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://portal.schoolsitelocator.com/apps/ssl/?districtcode=60000 | title=SchoolSite Locator }}</ref> Students from Countryside either attend Barrington Prairie Middle School or Barrington Station Middle School Station. Older students attend the nearby [[Barrington High School (Lake County, Illinois)|Barrington High School]]. Portions of the village are also within CUSD 300 of [[Dundee-Crown High School]] and of the [[Cary-Grove High School]] district.

==Geography==
Barrington Hills is located at {{Coord|42|08|24|N|88|12|12|W|type:city_region:US-IL|display=inline}} (42.1399063, -88.2034182).<ref name="gnis">{{gnis|2398038|Village of Barrington Hills}}</ref>

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Barrington Hills has a total area of {{convert|27.62|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|27.01|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 97.77%) is land and {{convert|0.62|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 2.23%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web   |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> The village is located within the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]] watershed of the greater [[Illinois River]] waterway. There is about {{convert|1700|ft|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.

Into the 1990s, farmers still worked about {{convert|3000|acre}} of land. Residential properties of over {{convert|1|acre|adj=on}} covered 30 percent. There is no downtown center, but the village has a small shopping strip along Route 14. With a population of 4,209 in 2010, Barrington Hills has kept its rural flavor as industrial and commercial development has sprung up around its borders.<ref name="eoc" />

The village is bordered on the west by [[East Dundee, Illinois|East Dundee]], [[Carpentersville, Illinois|Carpentersville]], and [[Algonquin, Illinois|Algonquin]]; on the north by [[Fox River Grove, Illinois|Fox River Grove]], and [[Lake Barrington, Illinois|Lake Barrington]]; on the east by [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]] and [[Inverness, Illinois|Inverness]]; and to the south and southeast by [[South Barrington, Illinois|South Barrington]], and [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois|Hoffman Estates]]. Barrington Hills is one of only three municipalities in Illinois (along with [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] and [[Centralia, Illinois|Centralia]]) with land located among four counties.

===Surrounding areas===
<div style>
:{{pad|16em}} [[Lake Barrington, Illinois|Lake Barrington]] 
:{{pad|8.3em}} [[Trout Valley, Illinois|Trout Valley]] / [[Cary, Illinois|Cary]] [[Image:Up arrow left.svg|20px]] [[Image:Up-1.svg|30px]] [[Image:Up arrow right.svg|20px]] [[North Barrington, Illinois|North Barrington]]  
:{{pad|11.8em}} [[Algonquin, Illinois|Algonquin]] [[Image:Left.svg|30px]] {{pad|1.5em}}[[Image:Right.svg|30px]] [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]]
:{{pad|11em}} [[East Dundee, Illinois|East Dundee]] [[Image:Down arrow left.svg|20px]] [[Image:Down arrow.svg|30px]] [[Image:Down arrow right.svg|20px]] [[Inverness, Illinois|Inverness]]
:{{pad|12em}} [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois|Hoffman Estates]] / [[South Barrington, Illinois|South Barrington]]
</div>{{clear|left}}

==Government==
Barrington Hills was incorporated in 1957.<ref>[http://www.barringtonhills-il.gov/foia/pdfs/misc/TownCharter_VBH.PDF Barrington Hills Town Charter] accessed March 30, 2007</ref> It was then 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 government acquired its first building, a single-room school house converted into a police station.<ref name="eoc" />

The current Village Hall was constructed in 1974 with a substantial addition in 1993. The building hosts the Barrington Hills Police station, administrative offices and public meeting rooms. Barrington Area Council of Governments BACOG offices are also located on this site. A fire station was constructed in 1994 on the grounds.<ref name="BCFPD">[http://www.bcfpd.org/tour_station2.asp Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District - Station #2 Tour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725045916/http://www.bcfpd.org/tour_station2.asp|date=July 25, 2011}} Accessed November 29, 2010</ref>

The Village of Barrington Hills is a home rule municipality which functions under the council-manager form of government with a Village President and a six-member board of trustees, all of whom are elected at large to staggered four-year terms. Officers of the village include a village treasurer, a village clerk, a building code enforcement officer and a village manager.

The current village President is Brian D Cecola and current members of the Board of Trustees are Colleen Konicek Hannigan, Bryan Croll, Brian D. Cecola, Robert Zuback and Paula Jacobsen.  The village manager is Anna Paul.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 1726
|1970= 2805
|1980= 3631
|1990= 4202
|2000= 3915
|2010= 4209
|2020= 4114
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===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1703883 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 4,114 people, 1,438 households, and 1,277 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|148.94|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 1,651 housing units at an average density of {{convert|59.77|/sqmi|/km2}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Barrington_Hills_village,_Illinois?g=160XX00US1703883#housing |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The racial makeup of the village was 83.01% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.05% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.95% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 6.37% from two or more races.<ref name="Explore Census Data">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Barrington_Hills_village,_Illinois?g=160XX00US1703883#race-and-ethnicity |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.15% of the population.<ref name="Explore Census Data"/>

There were 1,438 households, out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.30% were married couples living together, 5.15% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.20% were non-families.<ref name="data.census.gov">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?g=160XX00US1703883 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> 9.87% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.98% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="data.census.gov"/> The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 2.88.<ref name="data.census.gov"/>

The village's age distribution consisted of 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 11% from 25 to 44, 34.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.7% who were 65 years of age or older.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Barrington_Hills_village,_Illinois?g=160XX00US1703883#populations-and-people |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The median age was 50.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The median income for a household in the village was $157,414, and the median income for a family was $181,181.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S1901?g=160XX00US1703883 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $118,716 versus $40,148 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $88,747.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> About 5.5% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>

[[Image:STJohn NepomuceneBHIL.jpg|thumb|St. John Nepomucene Chapel (before 1915)]]

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|+'''Barrington Hills village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Barrington Hills village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1703883&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Barrington Hills village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1703883&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Barrington Hills village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1703883&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|3,647
|3,752
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,369
|93.15%
|89.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81.89%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|18
|32
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39
|0.46%
|0.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.95%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|153
|272
|style='background: #ffffe6; |348
|3.91%
|6.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.46%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44%
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|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|22
|38
|style='background: #ffffe6; |124
|0.56%
|0.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.01%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|75
|114
|style='background: #ffffe6; |212
|1.92%
|2.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.15%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''3,915'''
|'''4,209'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''4,114'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,915 people, 1,381 households, and 1,168 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|140.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 1,456 housing units at an average density of {{convert|52.2|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 94.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.46% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.91% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.59% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 [[Marriage|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, Illinois|North Barrington]], [[South Barrington, Illinois|South Barrington]], and [[Inverness, Illinois|Inverness]] also making the list.

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* [[Tony Accardo]] (1906–1992), organized crime figure<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laborers.org/Tribune_5-28-92.html|title=Reputed Mob Boss Accardo Dead at 86|last=Koziol|first=Ronald|author2=O'Brien, John|date=May 28, 1992|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Laborers International Union of North America|access-date=March 2, 2010|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531201816/http://www.laborers.org/Tribune_5-28-92.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Greg Brown (businessman)|Greg Brown]], CEO of Motorola
* [[Bill Moseley]] (born 1951), film actor and musician
* [[Terry Moran]] (born 1959), [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] Senior National Correspondent (grew up in Barrington Hills)
* [[Henry Paulson]] (born 1946), Goldman Sachs CEO (1998–2006), U.S. Treasury Secretary (2006–2009)
* [[Jasper Sanfilippo]] (1931–2020), President and CEO of nut conglomerate John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., noted philanthropist, and founder of the [[Place de la Musique]] private museum.
* [[Richard J. Stephenson]], Chairman of Cancer Treatment Centers of America
* [[Harry Mohr Weese]] (1915–1998), architect and planner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://balibrary.org/files/Weese_1.PDF |title=Village of Barrington Hills Building Permit |publisher=Barrington Area Library |access-date=December 19, 2021 |url-status=live  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926204150/http://www.balibrary.org/files/Weese_1.pdf |archive-date=September 26, 2015 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Barrington Hills, Illinois}}
* [https://barringtonhills-il.gov/ Village of Barrington Hills]

{{Geographic Location
 | Center    = Barrington Hills, Illinois
 | North     = [[Fox River Grove, Illinois|Fox River Grove]]
 | Northeast = [[Lake Barrington, Illinois|Lake Barrington]]
 | East      = [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]] / [[Inverness, Illinois|Inverness]]
 | Southeast = [[South Barrington, Illinois|South Barrington]]
 | South     = [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois|Hoffman Estates]]
 | Southwest = [[East Dundee, Illinois|East Dundee]]
 | West      = [[Carpentersville, Illinois|Carpentersville]]
 | Northwest = [[Algonquin, Illinois|Algonquin]]
}}
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