Ringwood, Illinois

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Ringwood is a northwest suburban village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a commuter village, another city part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 844 at the 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>Template:Cite book</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. The small village was platted 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,Template:Citation needed Ringwood was 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>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Ringwood is located in northeastern McHenry County at Template:Coord (42.395084, -88.303030).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> It is bordered by the larger village of Johnsburg to the southeast. The village of Wonder Lake is to the southwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ringwood has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Major streets

• File:Illinois 31.svg Richmond Road passes just northeast of the center of Ringwood, leading north Template:Convert to Richmond and southeast Template:Convert to 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 bus route that runs through Johnsburg, between the nearby municipalities of Crystal Lake, McHenry, and Fox Lake. The closest rail transit is the 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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A remaining freight track exists between Ringwood's Dow Chemical plant at Barnard Mill Road and McHenry station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

Ringwood village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2000	% 2010	Template:Partial
White alone (NH)	464	789	741	98.51%	94.38%	87.80%
Black or African American alone (NH)	1	7	12	0.21%	0.84%	1.42%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	3	2	6	0.64%	0.24%	0.71%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	0	1	0	0.00%	0.12%	0.00%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	1	12	39	0.21%	1.44%	4.62%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	2	25	46	0.42%	2.99%	5.45%
Total	471	836	844	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

2010 census

As of the census of 2010,<ref name="United States Census Bureau">Template:Cite web</ref> there were 836 people. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 297 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the village was 96.2% White, 0.8% African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or 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 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>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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