Knollwood, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Ela Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60047. The Survey maps it on the Lake Zurich quadrangle. 2,121 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresKnollwood grew from 1,747 to 2,121 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 | 1,747 | |
| 2020 | 2,121 | +374 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 Lake Zurich quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Barrington quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Lake Zurich quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lake Zurich quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,524 words on this townshipThe Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Shields Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Shields Township - 4,524 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Knollwood in 2012, burning about 19 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 19 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-0848 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Knollwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knollwood in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 6 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Knollwood | $50,000 | Three cars were submerged in flood waters up to eight feet deep on U.S. 41 between and Route 176 and 137. Mundelein reported 1.81 inches of rainfall. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Knollwood | - | Flooding was reported at US-41 and Buckley Rd in North Chicago. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Knollwood | - | The railroad underpass along US Rt 41 just north of IL Rt 176 in Lake Bluff was flooded with at least two cars submerged. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Knollwood | - | Route 41 under the Route 176 viaduct was impassable due to flooding. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Knollwood | - | Intersection of Rt. 41 and Rt. 176 flooded. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Knollwood | - | Approximately 10 feet of water was reported under the railroad underpass on Route 41 just north of Route 176. An observer reported 4.06 inches of rain near Lake Bluff. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Knollwood | - | The intersection of Route 41 and Route 176 was flooded and closed. |
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 Zurich Heights | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Zurich Manor | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| The Orchards | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Zurich Estates | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| The Woodland | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Forest Green Lake Estates | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Zurich | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ancient Oaks | 1.3 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 Knollwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3469133 | 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 2037934. 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.










