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River Forest, Illinois. Website. www.vrf.us. River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. [2] Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago.
429645 [1] Website. www.riverforesttownship.org. River Forest Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 11,717 at the 2020 census. [2] River Forest Township is coterminous with the Village of River Forest. It is one of four coterminous townships in Cook County and one of seventeen coterminous townships ...
River Forest village clerk Henry Buckman and his wife Bertha acquired the house in 1890; the couple placed two additions on the house and built a barn on the property. The house remained in the Buckman family until 1992, when it became a historic house museum. [2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 24 ...
August 26, 1977. The River Forest Historic District is a national historic district encompassing much of the village of River Forest, Illinois. The district includes 830 buildings, most of which are houses as the village is almost entirely residential. The oldest structure in the district is the 1831 Bickerdike and Noble sawmill, the first ...
Barrington is a village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,722 at the 2020 census. [3] A northwest suburb of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks, and horse trails in a country-suburban setting. Barrington is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
17-031-57238. Website. palatinetownship-il .gov. Palatine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 114,403. [ 2 ] It is the north central township of the six northwest townships that form the Cook County panhandle. Palatine Township was organized in 1850.
[4] [5] The Forest Preserve District Association was formed in 1911 after a new state law was adopted in 1909; however, the courts declared the law unconstitutional in 1911. In 1913, Illinois adopted the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act [3] that was signed by the governor and survived legal challenge. The 1913 law allowed a county board:
Karen A. Yarbrough[1] (August 22, 1950 – April 7, 2024) was an American politician who served as the Cook County Clerk from 2018 until her death in 2024. Yarbrough served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013, and as Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 2012 to 2018. She briefly served as the interim chair of ...