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BARRINGTON AT A GLANCE
Village
Profile of Barrington
AREA - 90 Square miles
(for planning purposes: Barrington Unit
School District 220 plus the Village of
Inverness); 25-mile radius labor market.
12-mile radius retail trade.
POPULATION - 40,000 Barrington
Area : 10,000 Village of Barrington
DISTANCE FROM CHICAGO
- 35 miles.
CLIMATE - 33.85 inches
annual average rainfall; 49.57 mean temperature;
coldest month January, 24.5 average temperature;
warmest month August, 74.8 average temperature;
altitude-highest point 890 feet.
GOVERNMENT - The area
is located in four counties (Lake, Cook,
McHenry and Kane), six townships and includes
eight villages and various unincorporated
areas. Village of Barrington: Village President,
Village Manager, Six Trustees; Police-43
full-time, 13 part-time; Fire Department-28
full-time, 40 volunteers; Insurance Class
4.
AREA VILLAGES - (8) Barrington,
Barrington Hills, Deer Park, Inverness,
Lake Barrington, North Barrington, South
Barrington and Tower Lakes.
FINANCIAL - Five full-service
financial institutions
CHURCHES - 15 churches
representing 11 denominations.
SCHOOLS - 1 high school,
9 elementary schools, 2 middle schools (grades
6-8), 1 parochial elementary school, one
community college.
LIBRARY - Barrington Area
Library 198,000 volumes.
NEWSPAPERS - Barrington
Courier-Review (weekly) and The Daily Herald
(daily), The Chicago Tribune (daily)
UTILITIES - Telephone-Ameritech;
power and gas - Commonwealth Edison and
Northern Illinois Gas; water - Village of
Barrington, Municipal wells; sanitary and
storm sewer system.
BUSINESS/INDUSTRY - 1100
firms; total area employment estimated at
18,000.
RETAIL - More than 200
stores and restaurants. Complete selection
of merchandise.
LODGING - 1 motel with
61 units.
HEALTH CARE - Good Shepherd
Hospital-Barrington; Northwest Community
Hospital-Arlington Heights; Sherman Hospital-Elgin;
St. Joseph-Elgin; Hoffman Estates Medical
Center-Hoffman Estates.
RECREATION - There are
five park districts in the Barrington Area,
one public golf course, 5 private. Barrington
Park District: complete recreational area,
swimming pools, tennis courts, soccer and
baseball fields, picnic and play areas.
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
- There are more than 100 organizations
and associations which represent civic,
professional, social business, fraternal
and hobby interests.
Information on this page provided by the
Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce,
325 N. Hough Street, Barrington, Illinois
60010-3026; Telephone; 847-381-2525; Fax:
847-381-2540.
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Please contact us at 847-381-2525.
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