BlockBarrington Hills, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Barrington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60010. The Survey maps it on the Barrington quadrangle. 4,114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
On record in Barrington Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- The Richard E. and Charlotte Henrich Houselisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresBarrington Hills fell from 4,209 to 4,114 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,209 | |
| 2020 | 4,114 | -95 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1923 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
44,928 words on this townshipHistory of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Barrington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Barrington Township - 44,928 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Barrington Hills: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filter Materials Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Carpentersville Pit #25 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dundee North Road Mat'Ls Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barrington Hills in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Barrington Hills | $500,000 | Heavy rain fell during the morning hours of June 19th causing flooding and flash flooding across parts of northern and central Cook County. Street flooding was reported at Devon and Kedsie. Significant flooding was reported in the Jefferson Park Neighborhood with flooding at St. Louis and Bryn Mawr on the Northeast Illinois University Campus. Basement flooding was reported in Rogers Park. Flooding was reported on Algonquin Road in Chicago. The exit from Interstate 90 to Arlington Road was barely passable due to flooding. Foster underpass on Lakeshore Drive was flooded and closed due to three feet of standing water and a van was submerged in the flood water. Several streets, intersections and parking lots were flooded in Elk Grove Village with numerous cars submerged in a parking lot. Six inches of flowing water was reported on Golf Road near New Wilke Road. Significant and widespread street flooding was reported in the southeast part of Elgin in Cook County near Poplar Creek. Street flooding was reported in Norridge and Harwood Heights where Oketo Avenue and Octavia Avenue were closed. Several streets were flooded and closed in Park Ridge along with flooded yards and basements. Several roads and some basements were flooded in Des Plaines. Many roads were flooded in Schaumburg. The City of Chicago reported 452 calls regarding water in basments; 572 reports of water in streets and 17 flooded viaducts. Most of these reports were on the north side of Chicago. Rainfall amounts included 3.87 inches 3 miles east southeast of Des Plaines; 3.54 inches at O'Hare Airport; 3.48 inches 3 miles southwest of Evanston and 3.07 inches in Elk Grove Village. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrington Hills | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrington Hills | - | Gust front winds ahead of a line of thunderstorms were estimated to 60 mph near Palatine and Barrington Roads. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrington Hills | - | Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barrington Hills | - | A one foot diameter tree was snapped off at its base near Route 14 and Pepper Road. |
| August 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Barrington Hills | - | Funnel cloud reported over Barrington Hills. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Barrington Hills | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Howe Terrace | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Lake | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Barrington Center | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Inverness | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sutton | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| South Barrington | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Park Estates | 5.1 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Barrington Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2296948 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 403928. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.