Editing Ringwood, Illinois

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'''Ringwood''' is a northwest suburban village in [[McHenry County, Illinois|McHenry County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. It is a [[Commuter town|commuter village]], another city part of the [[Chicago metropolitan area]]. The population was 844 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==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>

==Geography==
Ringwood is located in northeastern McHenry County at {{coord|42|23|42|N|88|18|11|W|type:city}} (42.395084, -88.303030).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered by the larger village of [[Johnsburg, Illinois|Johnsburg]] to the southeast. The village of [[Wonder Lake, Illinois|Wonder Lake]] is to the southwest.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Ringwood has a total area of {{convert|3.86|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

===Major streets===
* [[Image:Illinois 31.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 31|Richmond Road]] passes just northeast of the center of Ringwood, leading north {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Richmond, Illinois|Richmond]] and southeast {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]].
* Barnard Mill Road runs northwest–southeast through the center of Ringwood.
* Ringwood Road, running southwest–northeast, crosses Barnard Mill Road in the village center.

===Public and rail transportation===
As of October 2018, the closest [[public transportation]] to Ringwood is a [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] bus route that runs through Johnsburg, between the nearby municipalities of [[Crystal Lake, Illinois|Crystal Lake]], [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]], and [[Fox Lake, Illinois|Fox Lake]]. The closest rail transit is the [[McHenry station|McHenry]] commuter rail station, one of the termini of [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific Northwest Line]]. Until 1980, the commuter rail service also served a Ringwood station and continued north to the Village of [[Richmond, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/sites/default/files/documents/planyourtrip/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=System Map|date=October 2018|publisher=[[Regional Transportation Authority (Illinois)]]|language=en|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wbf0QqmNkDYC&dq=mchenry+station+illinois&pg=PA104|title=Best Rail Trails Illinois: More than 40 Rail Trails throughout the State|last=Villaire|first=Ted|date=June 1, 2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780762762897|language=en}}</ref> A remaining freight track exists between Ringwood's [[Dow Chemical]] plant at Barnard Mill Road and McHenry station.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.buzzfile.com/business/Dow-Chemical-815-653-2411| title= Dow Chemical [Ringwood]| publisher=Buzzfile| access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 471
|2010= 836
|2020= 844
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Ringwood 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 – Ringwood village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1764135&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</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) – Ringwood village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1764135&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</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) – Ringwood village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1764135&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|464
|789
|style='background: #ffffe6; |741
|98.51%
|94.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87.80%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.21%
|0.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.42%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.64%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.71%
|-
|[[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
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39
|0.21%
|1.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2
|25
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46
|0.42%
|2.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.45%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''471'''
|'''836'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''844'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2020 census===

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010,<ref name="United States Census Bureau">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Map|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013222920/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/|archive-date=October 13, 2013}}</ref> there were 836 people. The population density was {{convert|216.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 297 housing units at an average density of {{convert|76.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3% of the population.<ref name="United States Census Bureau"/>

In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.9% (225) under the age of 18, 73.0% (611) over the age of 18, 3.2% (27) from 20 to 24, 5.5% (46) from 25 to 34, 27.6% (231) from 35 to 49, 23.3% (195) from 50 to 64, and 10.2% (85) were aged 65 or more. The median age was 42.4 years of age. 50.1% (419) were male, and 49.9 (417) were female.

There were 285 households, out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 17.2% were non-families. 13.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.22.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2019|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> 
The median income for a household in the village was $90,250, and the median income for a family was $91,389. Males had a median income of $91,250 versus $37,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $35,151. About 9.4% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web|title=Selected Economic Characteristics|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213253/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|ringwood-il.us}}

{{McHenry County, Illinois}}
{{chicago metropolitan area}}
{{Illinois}}
{{Geographic Location
|Center=Ringwood
|South=[[Johnsburg, Illinois|Johnsburg]]
|Southwest=[[Wonder Lake (village), Illinois|Wonder Lake]]
|West=[[Greenwood, Illinois|Greenwood]]
|Northwest=[[Hebron, Illinois|Hebron]]
|North=[[Richmond, Illinois|Richmond]]
|Northeast=[[Spring Grove, Illinois|Spring Grove]]
|East=[[Sunnyside, Illinois|Sunnyside]]
|Southeast=[[Fox Lake, Illinois|Fox Lake]]
}}
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[[Category:Villages in McHenry County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Chicago metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1837]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]