Carpentersville, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Dundee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60110. The Survey maps it on the Elgin quadrangle. 37,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Carpentersville within Kane County

On record in Carpentersville

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

Library Halllisted 1973

Population over time

2 figures

Carpentersville grew from 37,691 to 37,983 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	37,691
2020	37,983	+292 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1925 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1940 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1962 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1962 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:24000
1998 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

4,451 words on this township

History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 names this settlement in its chapter on Dundee Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The village of Carpentersville is in the township of Dundee and situated sue mile north of the village of Dundee, on Fox river. It was first settled by Daniel G. and Charles V. Carpenter in 1837. The village was surveyed and plaited in 185 1. The same year J. A. Carpenter built the first bridge across the river at his own expense. A school building was erected about 1855, two stories in height. The upper story is occupied by the Sons of Temperance, whose organization dates back to 185 1 and, what is remarkable, has been in active operation ever since. They have about forty members and a fine library of four hundred or five hundred volumes. There is one religious organization (Congregational) but no church building. A flourishing Sabbath school is kept up, however. An elegant iron bridge was built in 1869-70 at a cost of $10,000. The village has grown up entirely in consequence of the location of heavy manufactories here. The water power is good and well improved. It is almost exclusively owned by Hon. J. A. Carpenter, one of the most extensive and enterprising manufacturers in the West.

Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.

Our sketch of the various manufactories, all of which are wholly, or in part owned by Mr. Carpenter, will show what a single mind can accomplish when governed by sound judgment and business enterprise. A dam was built in 1837 by the Oatmans, of Dundee, with the intention of taking the water down on the west side for use at the village of Dundee. A canal was constructed and a sawmill built between the two villages and operated for some years, but the entire water power eventually fell into the hands of J. A. Carpenter, who commenced and continued developing the manufacturing business of Carpentersville until nearly the whole power is absorbed at that point. The remains of the Oatman canal are still to be seen, but its bed is dry.

Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.

An extensive deposit of peat is located east of Carpentersville, covering from loo to i6o acres. Attempts have been made to work it. but from some cause have not been successful. The bed averages six feet in thickness, and it is believed that a good quality of fuel might be prepared.

Passage source: History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Dundee Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Carpentersville: 9 producers, 5 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Algonquin Pit #5	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Algonquin Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Algonquin Sand & Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Beverly Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Carpentersville Pit #25	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dundee North Road Mat'Ls Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dundee Pit Meyer Material	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dundee Pit Road Mat'Ls Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dundee S & G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Elgin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kane County

Storms near this place

38 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carpentersville in 38 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 1997	Lightning	Carpentersville	1 hurt	A 43 year old man suffered minor injuries when he was struck by lightning while changing a tire in a school parking lot.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Kane County EMA reported power lines down along Arrow St and Austin Ave in Carpentersville.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	A tree had fallen and was balancing on power lines along Castlewood Dr in Carpentersville.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	A large tree was blown down at Route 68 and Wakefield Drive.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Widespread tree and powerline damage was reported in Carpentersville. A few trees were snapped. The worst of the damage was east of the Fox River between Route 68 and Route 62.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Several whole trees were uprooted in Carpentersville along with numerous healthy 6 inch diameter tree limbs blown down. Fire crews responded to 14 reports of power lines blown down. One of these power lines started a fire in a detached garage on Golfview Lane. A tree fell onto a roof of a house on Wakefield Drive, leaving the house uninhabitable.
July 2017	Heavy Rain	Carpentersville	-	Rainfall of 2.01 inches was measured in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	An eight inch diameter tree was blown down along with six inch diameter tree limbs.
May 2011	Flood	Carpentersville	-	The intersection of Dundee Road and Golfview Lane was flooded. Two inches of rain fell over the hour leading up to this report.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Multiple trees were blown down.
March 2005	Hail	Carpentersville	-	Quarter sized hail was reported and 66 mph wind gust measured with unofficial equipment.
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Roof and structural damage reported.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	A wind gust measured with unoffical equipment. Also, trees were blown down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	A large tree fell on house causing substantial damage to the house.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Carpentersville	-	Street flooding occurred after 1.75 inches of rain fell in 35 minutes.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	A ham radio tower and antenna, and large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Wind was measured on a private weather sensor.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	Large tree branches were down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	A spotter reported a 72 mph wind gust.
June 2021	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Carpentersville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kane County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
East Dundee	1.7 miles	20
Middlebury	1.9 miles	19
West Dundee	2.1 miles	20
Sleepy Hollow	3.0 miles	20
Binnie Lakes	5.4 miles	20
Binnie Hills	5.6 miles	20
Illinois Park	5.9 miles	20
Almora	5.9 miles	20

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 Carpentersville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1044751	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 405626. 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.