Buffalo Grove
| Buffalo Grove | |||
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1958 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| Counties : |
Cook County Lake County |
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| Coordinates : | 42 ° 10 ′ N , 87 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
41,496 (as of 2010) 9,572,572 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,686.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 24.7 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 24.6 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 206 m | ||
| Postal code : | 60089 | ||
| Area code : | +1 847, 224 | ||
| FIPS : | 1709447 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 02397490 | ||
| Website : | www.vbg.org | ||
| Mayor : | Jeff Braiman | ||
Buffalo Grove is an affluent place and is one of the northern suburbs of Chicago . It is located in part in Cook and Lake Counties in Illinois , United States . According to the 2010 census, 41,496 inhabitants lived in the village.
geography
The place is well located in the northern neighborhoods of Chicago. Residents can take Illinois Route 83 north to Lake County, Illinois, or south to Chicago O'Hare International Airport .
According to the 2010 census, the place had a size of 24.7 square kilometers, of which 99.69% land and 0.31% water.
population
According to the 2010 census, 41,496 residents lived in 15,708 households and 11,655 families. The population density was 1802 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 16166 houses in the village, the building density was 679.2 houses per square kilometer.
Children under the age of 18 lived in the households in 42.7% of the cases, 66.0% were married couples, 6.6% had a female head of the household, and 25.8% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had people living in them who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.23.
28.9% were under the age of 18 years, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 32.2% between 25 and 44 years, 24.6% between 45 and 64 years, and 9.0% were 65 years or older . The median age was 37 years. For every 100 women there were 93.6 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 89.2 men.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the township was USD 83,545 and the median income for a family was USD 101,336. 2.6% of the population under 18 are below the poverty line and 2.2% of those who do Were 65 years of age or older.
history
The Buffalo Grove area was opened for settlement after the Treaty of Chicago in 1833. During the 1830s, the area saw its first settlers, mostly land speculators. In the 1840s they sold their land to German Catholic dairy farmers. It is believed that either Melchior Raupp or Jacob Weidner were the founders of the community. Eventually other families came to the area and formed a close community. The settlers built the first St. Mary's Church in 1852 and the St. Mary School in 1855, but both burned to the ground. They were rebuilt in 1869 and formed a small town center with the Weidner General Store and the Firnbach Tavern, which were built in 1899. The tavern still stands today and houses a pizzeria.
Aside from downtown, which is centered around the intersection of Buffalo Grove Road and Lake-Cook Road, Buffalo Grove serves as an agricultural location. The community gained a special reputation for supplying Chicago with milk, cheese, and other dairy products. The Weidner Cheese Factory was one of the most important companies. In 1926, the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois provided electrical power to the farms, and in 1930 the first concrete road was built in northern Illinois.
Today most of the place is well developed. There are no longer any working farms in the village, although there are still businesses in the region.
Known residents
- Raymond Benson (born 1955), author
- Megan Bozek (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Ali Cobrin (* 1989), actress, (Kara in American Reunion )
- Simone Elkeles (* 1970), author
- Ronald Goldman (1968–1994), victim in the OJ Simpson case
- Brett Lebda (* 1982), Toronto Maple Leafs defender
- Sidney Mathias , MP
- Dickey Simpkins (* 1972), former Chicago Bulls player
- Vince Vaughn (born 1970), actor
- Andy Wozniewski (* 1980), defender of the NHL and NLA
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2010 Census US Gazetteer Files for Places - Illinois . United States Census. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- ^ Buffalo Grove village, Illinois Fact Sheet , American FactFinder.
- ^ "The History of Buffalo Grove," The Village of Buffalo Grove 50th Anniversary Committee, 2008.
