Inverness, Illinois
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Palatine Township. The Survey maps it on the Palatine quadrangle. 7,616 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresInverness grew from 7,399 to 7,616 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 | 7,399 | |
| 2020 | 7,616 | +217 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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
- 1953 USGS Palatine quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Palatine quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Palatine quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Palatine quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
10,882 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 Palatine Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Palatine Township - 10,882 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Inverness: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee North Road Mat'Ls Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Palatine City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inverness in 14 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 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 2014 | Lightning | Inverness | $50,000 | A home on the 1900 block of Durham Drive caught fire after lightning blew a small hole in the roof. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Inverness | $15,000 | A house was struck by lightning in the 200 block of South Clyde Avenue in Palatine. Most of the damage to the house was confined to the exterior. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Siding and fascia damage was found along Palatine Rd along with trees uprooted and branches down. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | A Crabtree Nature Center employee reported tree damage as he drove through the Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Palatine. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Roof and shingle damage and uprooted trees were reported in the Barrington Woods subdivision in Palatine. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Shingle damage was found along Pheasant Trail near Plymouth Dr. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | A tree was found uprooted and leaning on a house south of South Ridge Lake in Inverness. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Numerous branches were found strewn about the Inverness Golf Club with several trees leaning with their roots exposed. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | A tree was found leaning on a house along N Roselle Rd just northeast of the Inverness Golf Club. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | A private weather station, KILPALAT43, reported a 62 mph gust near Hoffman Estates. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | A news report showed a collapsed gazebo and multiple felled fence panels just west of Palatine Hills Golf Course. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Winds were estimated to 65 mph. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Inverness | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park Estates | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Lake | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| South Barrington | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Howe Terrace | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Baldwin | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Heatherlea | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Pepper Tree | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Barrington Woods | 3.2 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 Inverness | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2412154 | 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 410908. 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.











