Deerfield, Illinois
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Deerfield is a village in Lake and Cook counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A northern suburb of Chicago, Deerfield is located on the North Shore, about Template:Convert north of downtown Chicago. The population was 19,196 at the 2020 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield is home to the headquarters of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Baxter Healthcare, and Fortune Brands Home & Security. Deerfield is often listed among the wealthiest and highest-earning places in Illinois and the Midwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the median household income in Deerfield was $185,762 in 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
[edit]Beginnings
[edit]Originally populated by the Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi), Myaamia (Miami), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), and Peoria Native Americans,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the area was settled by Horace Lamb and Jacob B. Cadwell in 1835 and named Cadwell's Corner. A shopping center located on the site of Cadwell's farm at Waukegan Road and Lake Cook Road still bears that name. The area grew because of the navigable rivers in the area, notably the Des Plaines River and the Chicago River.
By 1840, the town's name was changed to "Leclair". Within a decade, settler John Millen proposed a further name change to "Deerfield" in honor of his hometown, Deerfield, Massachusetts and the large number of deer living in the area. At the time, the alternate name for the village on the ballot was "Erin". "Deerfield" won by a vote of 17–13.<ref name="reichelt">Template:Cite book</ref>
The village's first school, Wilmot School, was founded in 1847. Originally a one-room schoolhouse, Wilmot is now an elementary school which serves 548 students. It is located on land donated by Lyman Wilmot, whose wife, Clarissa, was the village's first schoolteacher.<ref name="reichelt"/>
The village was incorporated in 1903,<ref name="garden">Template:Cite news</ref> with a population in the low 400s.
In the 1850s, the Deerfield home of Lyman Wilmot served as a stop on the Underground Railroad as escaped slaves attempted to get to Canada.<ref name="reichelt"/>
20th century
[edit]In a 1917 design by Thomas E. Tallmadge of the American Institute of Architects, Deerfield (and adjacent Highland Park) served as the center for a new proposed capital city of the United States.<ref name="reichelt"/> By that year, all of Deerfield's original farms had been converted either to residential areas or golf courses.<ref name="reichelt"/>
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On May 26, 1944, a US Navy plane crashed in Deerfield on the current site of the Deerfield Public Library, killing Ensign Milton C. Pickens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following World War II, a portion of Waukegan Road (Route 43) that runs through Deerfield was designated a Blue Star Memorial Highway.<ref>Blue Star Memorial Highway plaque located at intersection of Waukegan Road and Hazel Avenue</ref>
In 1959, when Deerfield officials learned that a developer building a neighborhood of large new homes planned to make houses available to African Americans, they issued a stop-work order. An intense debate began about racial integration, property values, and the good faith of community officials and builders. For a brief time, Deerfield was spotlighted in the national news as "the Little Rock of the North."<ref name="ros001">Template:Cite book</ref> Supporters of integration were denounced and ostracized by angry residents. Eventually, the village passed a referendum to build parks on the property, thus putting an end to the housing development. Two model homes already partially completed were sold to village officials.<ref name="ros001"/> The developer, Morris Milgram, sued the city charging that it had violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled against Milgram, who then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to consider the case.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The remaining land lay dormant for years before it was developed into Mitchell Pool and Park and Jaycee Park. At the time, Deerfield's black population was 12 people out of a total population of 11,786.<ref name="encycchicago">Template:Cite web</ref> This episode in Deerfield's history is described in But Not Next Door by Harry and David Rosen, both residents of Deerfield. On June 18, 2020, the Deerfield Park District Board voted to remove James Mitchell's name from the park and later renamed it to Floral Park, which was the name originally intended for the sub-division that would have been built at that location.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Since the early 1980s, Deerfield has seen an increase in the population of Jews, Asians, and Greeks, giving the community a more diverse cultural and ethnic makeup.<ref name="encycchicago"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On June 27, 1962, ground was broken by Kitchens of Sara Lee (now Sara Lee Corporation) for construction of the world's largest bakery. The plant, located on the current site of Coromandel Condominiums on Kates Road, began production in 1964 using state-of-the-art materials handling and production equipment. It was billed as the world's first industrial plant with a fully automated production control system and was designed by Stanley Winton. President Ronald Reagan visited the plant in 1985. The plant closed in 1990 as Sara Lee consolidated production in Tarboro, North Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By 1991, headquarters employees had moved to downtown Chicago. In 2007, Sara Lee severed its final tie to its former home town with the closure of the Sara Lee Bakery Outlet Store.
In 1982, Deerfield began an experiment with a community farm.<ref name="garden"/> Two hundred residents applied for plots on a Template:Convert community garden. The project had such a strong initial success that the village opened additional community farms on vacant land in the village.
As of 1987 Deerfield was mostly made up of single-family houses. As of that year the resale prices of Deerfield houses ranged from $100,000 to $300,000. 43.5% of the town's land consisted of single-family houses, while 1.1% contained multi-family housing. As of that year little of the remaining land was available for further residential development.<ref name="Little"/>
21st century
[edit]On December 19, 2005, the village board passed a strict anti-smoking ordinance. The law bans smoking in all public places, including businesses, bars, restaurants, parks, parade routes, public assemblies, and within Template:Convert from any of the above.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In November 2007, BusinessWeek.com listed Deerfield third in a list of the 50 best places to raise children.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The rankings were based on five factors: school test scores, cost of living, recreational and cultural activities, number of schools and risk of crime. Deerfield ranked behind Groesbeck, Ohio, and Western Springs, Illinois.
In 2015, a plan to rezone a parcel of land originally zoned for single-family homes, in order to allow the construction of a 48-unit affordable apartment building complex, was proposed. Some Deerfield residents were opposed to the proposition.<ref name="kb1">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2018, the Village Board of Trustees unanimously approved a ban on what were described as certain types of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> amending a 2013 ordinance that regulated the storage of those items. This was done despite an Illinois State Preemption on any further municipal firearms restrictions after 2013, and the fact that amendments to municipal ordinances have to pass said amendments as separate ordinances. Lawsuits were filed challenging the Ordinance<ref name="BuzzFeed04032018">Template:Cite news</ref> and the ban was eventually blocked by Lake County Circuit Court Judge Luis Berrones until the lawsuits could be heard. One of the lawsuits is based on the Illinois state preemption statute regarding local bans enacted after 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield was a sister city with Lüdinghausen, Germany, until the commission was dissolved in October 2019 due to inactivity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield Historic Village
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Located in front of Kipling Elementary School is the Deerfield Historic Village, founded and maintained by the Deerfield Area Historical Society, this outdoor museum consists of five historic buildings and includes the headquarters for the Deerfield Historical Society. Tours are offered during the summer months.<ref name="visit">Template:Cite web</ref>
The Historic Village includes the Caspar Ott House, where the Ott family assisted in the passage of slaves in the Underground Railroad, considered to be the oldest building in Lake County, built in 1837. It was restored by Bob Przewlocki.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The George Luther House (1847) now includes the Society's offices and Visitor Center. The Bartle Sacker Farmhouse (1854) is a typical 19th century home. While those buildings are all original (although relocated from their original sites), the carriage house and little red school house are replicas.<ref name="visit"/> Each year, all fourth graders in Deerfield School District 109 spend a day learning in the school house.<ref name="visit"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Deerfield has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert (or 99.60%) is land and Template:Convert (or 0.40%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield is bordered to the north by Bannockburn, to the east by Highland Park, to the south by Northbrook and to the west by Riverwoods.<ref name=":0" />
Demographics
[edit]As of the 2020 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> there were 19,196 people, 7,323 households, and 5,574 families residing in the village. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 7,436 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the village was 87.82% White, 0.71% African American, 0.12% Native American, 5.30% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.16% from other races, and 4.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 4.14% of the population.
There were 7,323 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.50% were married couples living together, 6.13% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.88% were non-families. 21.28% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.49% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 2.59.
The village's age distribution consisted of 25.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 32% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $162,064, and the median income for a family was $189,125. Males had a median income of $117,305 versus $58,258 for females. The per capita income for the village was $82,426. About 1.2% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.
| 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 |
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| White alone (NH) | 17,434 | 16,797 | 16,649 | 94.65% | 92.00% | 86.73% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 58 | 93 | 131 | 0.31% | 0.51% | 0.68% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 465 | 660 | 1,015 | 2.52% | 3.62% | 5.29% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 21 | 25 | 47 | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.24% |
| Mixed race or multiracial (NH) | 120 | 164 | 552 | 0.65% | 0.90% | 2.88% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 312 | 510 | 794 | 1.69% | 2.80% | 4.14% |
| Total | 18,420 | 18,225 | 19,196 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Economy
[edit]In 1982 a Template:Convert tax increment financing district opened along Lake-Cook Road, spurring business development. As of 1987 the office leasing activity in Deerfield increased tremendously, and throughout the 1980s office buildings were developed along Lake-Cook Road, between Interstate 294 and Waukegan Road. Two hotels, an Embassy Suites and a Hyatt, opened during the era to accommodate the increased business traffic. Factors augmenting the establishment of businesses along the corridor included the opening of the district, the abundance of vacant land, and the corridor's proximity to the Chicago Loop and O'Hare International Airport.<ref name="Little">Little, Anne. "TAKING A CORRIDOR TO SUCCESS DEERFIELD'S ECONOMY BOOMING WITH OFFICE BUILDINGS Template:Webarchive." Chicago Tribune. July 8, 1987. Deerfield/Northbrook 5. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Sara Lee is one of Deerfield's major employers with about 1200 employees[...]" and "Other major employers include Baxter Travenol with about 1,500 employees, and the corporate headquarters of Walgreen Co., which is in an unincorporated area on the western side of Deerfield, with about 1,100."</ref>
Corporate headquarters
[edit]Deerfield is home to the headquarters of Baxter Healthcare,<ref>"Contact Us Template:Webarchive." Baxter International. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Corporate address: One Baxter Parkway Deerfield, IL 60015-4625."</ref> Beam,<ref name=BeamIncBegins>Template:Dead link "Beam Inc. Begins Life as a Pure-Play Spirits Industry Leader" Template:Webarchive.Business Wire (via Yahoo! Finance). October 4, 2011.</ref> Big Apple Bagels,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> CF Industries,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fortune Brands Home & Security,<ref name=NowIndependent>Fortune Brands Home & Security Now Independent, Begins Trading on NYSE Template:Webarchive, Businesswire, October 4, 2011.</ref> Essendant,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Walgreens Boots Alliance.<ref>"Contact Us Template:Webarchive." Walgreens. Retrieved on January 30, 2011. "Write Walgreen Co. 200 Wilmot Road Deerfield, IL 60015."</ref> Template:As of, Walgreens Boots Alliance employed 6,500 employees at its headquarters, along with 2,500 Walgreens employees, making it the largest employer in Deerfield.<ref name=":1" />
Deerfield is the former home to the headquarters of Consumers Digest,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Così,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the U.S. subsidiaries of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company,<ref>"Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. Template:Webarchive" Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "Address One Takeda Parkway, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA."</ref> Mondelez International,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Caterpillar,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the bakery division headquarters of the Sara Lee Corporation.<ref name="deerlee">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1987 Sara Lee had about 1,200 employees in Deerfield. In 1990, the Deerfield Sara Lee plant and bakery headquarters was closed, and the land was sold to developers.<ref name="Little" /><ref name="deerlee"/> In 1985, President Ronald Reagan visited the Sara Lee factory in Deerfield.<ref>Template:Cite speech</ref>
Top employers
[edit]Template:As of, the top employers in the city are:<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>
| # | Employer | # of employees |
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| 1 | Walgreens Boots Alliance | 6,500 |
| 2 | Walgreens | 2,500 |
| 3 | Alera Group | 1,900 |
| 4 | Baxter International | 1,700 |
| 5 | Baxter Healthcare | 800 |
| 6 | Essendant | 800 |
| 7 | Deerfield Park District | 500 |
| 8 | Trinity International University | 500 |
| 9 | Deerfield School District 109 | 415 |
| 10 | CF Industries | 350 |
Shopping districts
[edit]In 1998, a significant portion of downtown Deerfield was demolished and replaced with a new outdoor shopping district called Deerfield Square. It is composed of a variety of retailers and restaurants. In addition to merchandising space, Deerfield Square includes office space and an outdoor plaza which is used during the summer for free outdoor concerts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerbrook Mall is a shopping district located along the Deerfield-Northbrook border. When it originally opened in 1971, it included both indoor and outdoor shopping areas. The inside shopping area and some exterior buildings were demolished in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Near Deerbrook Mall is Caldwell Corners, a small outdoor mall that carries the village's original name. Deerfield Public Library was a temporary tenant of this mall in 2012 and 2013 while the main location was being renovated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Government
[edit]| Year | Democratic | Republican | Others |
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| style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020 | style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|78.8% 9,540 | style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|19.8% 2,391 | 1.4% 170 |
| style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016 | style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|74.7% 8,302 | style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|18.5% 2,059 | 6.8% 754 |
Template:Hidden end The village hall is called the Bernard Forrest Deerfield Village Hall.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The United States Postal Service operates the Deerfield Post Office.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield is represented by the 10th Congressional District of Illinois (Democrat Brad Schneider), 29th District of the Illinois Senate (Democrat Julie Morrison) and the 58th District of the Illinois House of Representatives (Democrat Bob Morgan).
Education
[edit]Public schools
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Deerfield is served by Deerfield School District 109, which operates four public elementary schools (Kipling, South Park, Walden, and Wilmot) and two public middle schools (Caruso and Shepard).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The majority of Deerfield's children go on to attend Deerfield High School; however, a small portion attend Highland Park High School (both of which comprise Township High School District 113). Deerfield High School has consistently been ranked as a top school in the state.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
At one time, District 109 contained as many as eight elementary schools. However, Maplewood, Woodland Park, Briarwood, and Cadwell were all closed beginning in the 1970s through the 1980s and their students absorbed by the four larger, remaining elementary schools. A small part of the far southwestern side of the village is in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 and Stevenson High School's area, with some students living in that area.
The superintendent of District 109 is currently Mike Simeck,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the superintendent of District 113 is Dr. Bruce Law.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Private schools
[edit]The village is the home to a Conservative Jewish school, Rochelle Zell Jewish High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a few Montessori schools.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Holy Cross School, a Catholic elementary and middle school, used to operate in Deerfield but closed at the conclusion of the 2017–2018 school year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Colleges and universities
[edit]Trinity International University, a private Christian university, is headquartered in Deerfield. Located on their Deerfield campus is Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The headquarters of the World Evangelical Alliance is also co-located on the Deerfield campus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="U.S. News">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Infrastructure
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Deerfield has two Metra stations connecting it to Chicago Union Station, Deerfield and Lake Cook Road, both on the Milwaukee District North Line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Several Pace buses, routes 627, 631, 632, 633, 634, and 635, connect the Lake Cook Road station to corporate offices in the area during rush hour periods. Deerfield is also served by Pace Bus route 471.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Two Amtrak services, the Empire Builder and the Hiawatha, pass through but do not stop in Deerfield.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield is connected to several arterial roadways and interstate highways, including Deerfield Road, Lake-Cook Road, Illinois Route 43, I-94 and I-294.
O'Hare International Airport is the nearest airport to Deerfield.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield has several bike trails, including some that connect to neighboring communities, Lake Michigan, the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Des Plaines River Trail.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 1990s, Deerfield was one of six communities that competed to receive a prototype personal rapid transit system that the Regional Transit Authority was planning to build.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A proposal by Rosemont was instead selected,<ref name="April161993">Template:Cite web</ref> and such a system was ultimately never built.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Utilities
[edit]The village purchases its water in bulk from Highland Park to distribute to residents and businesses.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> An emergency water line connects Deerfield to Northbrook in the event that either town loses its water service.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Deerfield operates its own sewage treatment plant on Hackberry Lane, with the outflow entering the a branch of the Chicago River.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A new wastewater treatment plant was completed in 2013 on the site of the existing plant.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lakeshore Recycling provides solid waste, recycling, and composting services within Deerfield.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield is a part of the CS2 Residential Community Solar Program, which lets residents purchase solar energy credits via subscription and apply them towards their electric bill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> North Shore Gas provides natural gas to Deerfield businesses and residents.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
[edit]- Paul Adams, Deerfield High School football coach from 1966 to 1992<ref name="Sadin">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Alexander 23, singer, songwriter and record producer, originally from Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Robert Bell, Chicago's Bozo the Clown, resided in Deerfield as an adult<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Dean Bernardini, rock musician for band Chevelle, attended Deerfield High School<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Karl Berning, Illinois state senator, resided in and represented Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Alex Borstein, actor, voice actor, known for voicing Lois Griffin on Family Guy, raised in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Brian Bram, artist for American Splendor, attended Deerfield High School<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Colt Cabana, professional wrestler, raised in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Joey Calistri, soccer player, attended Deerfield High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Duje Dukan, professional basketball player, attended Deerfield High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Cory Everson, fitness model and bodybuilder, attended Deerfield High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Brenda A. Ferber, children's book author, resides in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tim Floyd, former coach for the Chicago Bulls, resided in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- T. C. Furlong, guitarist, co-founder of the Jump 'N the Saddle Band, and producer of "The Curly Shuffle"<ref name="yearbook">Deerfield High School: "Yearbook", 1972</ref>
- Gale Gand, pastry chef, Food Network personality, cookbook author, winner of 2001 James Beard award<ref name="yearbook"/>
- Ross Golan, multi-platinum songwriter, producer, artist, grew up in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- Charlie Jones, receiver for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals, resided in Deerfield and attended Deerfield High School
- Pete Jones, first winner of HBO's Project Greenlight, writer/director of Stolen Summer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Bryan Jurewicz, lineman for Wisconsin Badgers, grew up in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Lindsay Knapp, offensive lineman for Green Bay Packers, played in Super Bowl XXXI<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Kevin McCollum, actor and Broadway producer, went to Deerfield High School<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Aaron Moorehead, receiver for NFL's Indianapolis Colts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- CM Punk, professional wrestler, lived in Deerfield during his childhood.
- Bruce Rauner, 42nd governor of Illinois (2015–2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Redwalls, a four-piece rock band<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Betty Lou Reed, Illinois state representative<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1981-1982,' Biographical Sketch of Betty Lou Reed, pg. 133</ref>
- Ellie Reed, actress, raised in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Todd Reirden, NHL coach and former player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Brad Schneider, US representative, lives in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Art Shay, prolific photojournalist, lived in Deerfield for 50 years<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Curt Teich, 20th-century postcard photographer and manufacturer<ref>Lake County Museum, Curt Teich Postcard Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL, 60084, 847.968.3381</ref>
- Fred L. Turner, retired chairman and CEO of McDonald's Corp<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- T. J. Tynan, professional hockey player, Deerfield native<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Daniel Walker, 36th governor of Illinois (1973–1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Edwin F. Weigle, photographer for Chicago Tribune' during World War I, lived and died in Deerfield<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Popular culture
[edit]National Boss's Day was invented by a Deerfield employee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1979, Deerfield created a "No-Kissing Zone" at the local train station in response to complaints about traffic jams at the station caused by couples taking too long to kiss their goodbyes at the drop-off point. The "No-Kissing" signs (patterned after international traffic signs) attracted national attention and were featured in Time magazine and ABC's AM America (precursor to Good Morning America).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A Deerfield family appearing on the game show Family Feud presented Richard Dawson, famous for kissing contestants on the show, with replica pins of the signs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the 1980s, Deerfield and other North Shore communities inspired the teen films of director/screenwriter John Hughes. The fictional Shermer, Illinois, included elements of Deerfield and neighboring Northbrook and Highland Park.Template:Citation needed
A number of media properties have been set and/or filmed in Deerfield, including television drama Once and Again,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> comedy Married... with Children<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and portions of reality show American High.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In film, the Deerfield train station is shown in the film Risky Business,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Stolen Summer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> used various parts of the village.
The village was identified as the hometown of Kitty Pryde in the X-Men comics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Deerfield also figures in the musical Dear Edwina, written by Marcy Heisler, a Deerfield native, and Zina Goldrich. The fictional protagonist lives on Birchwood Avenue. Although the play is set in Paw Paw, Michigan, much of it (including the address) is inspired by Heisler's hometown, Deerfield.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2010, the History Channel's documentary The Crumbling of America mentioned Deerfield in a discussion of frequent blackouts that residents experienced over 2000 times from 2000 to 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Marie Ward Reichelt, History of Deerfield, Glenview Press, 1928.
- Harry Rosen and David Rosen, But Not Next Door, Ivan Obolensky, 1962.
External links
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