Hinsdale, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Downers Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60521. The Survey maps it on the Hinsdale quadrangle. 17,395 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Hinsdale
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 9 records
Orland P. Bassett Houselisted 2004
Robert A. and Mary Childs Houselisted 2000
William and Helen Coffeen Houselisted 2014
Dell Rhea's Chicken Basketlisted 2006
Downtown Hinsdale Historic Districtlisted 2006
Immanuel Evangelical Churchlisted 2001
Francis Stuyvesant Peabody Houselisted 2000
Robbins Park Historic Districtlisted 2008
William Whitney Houselisted 1989
Population over time
2 figuresHinsdale grew from 16,816 to 17,395 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 | 16,816 | |
| 2020 | 17,395 | +579 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1927 USGS Hinsdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Hinsdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hinsdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Hinsdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Hinsdale quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,959 words on this townshipHistory Of Dupage County (1857), published 1857 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Downers Grove Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Downers Grove Township - 3,959 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hinsdale in 2005, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hinsdale: 7 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downers Grove City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kugler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silbrico Expanded Perilite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Dolese and Shepard Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Chester City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wester Springs City Eng.-Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinsdale in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | $50,000 | At least 50 trees were blown down with damage to hundreds of other trees. Tree limbs fell onto houses and cars. A transmission line that supplies electricity to the southern half of the city was also blown down, in addition to numerous other power lines. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Photos showed large tree limbs snapped off of trees. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Photo shared via social media showed a large tree which had been uprooted in Hinsdale. Time was estimated using radar. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | A photo shared on social media showed a large portion of roofing material peeled back on a house. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | A gust to 61 mph was measured at Hinsdale Middle School. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Thirty six trees were blown down or damaged. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Numerous medium sized tree limbs were blown down. A couple of small trees were uprooted. One large tree was split down the middle. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Five trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Several large trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A few cars received minor damage from falling tree limbs. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | - | Large tree limbs were down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Hinsdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hinsdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon Hills | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Fullersburg | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Westmont | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Willowbrook | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Brook | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Oakbrook Terrace | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Burr Ridge | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lace | 3.7 miles | 23 |
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 Hinsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q939529 | 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 421852. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.











