Barrington Township is one of 29

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, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,636. The northwestern corner of the Cook County panhandle, it is the county's northwesternmost township. It is also by far the least densely populated township in the county, with less than half the population density of the next least Lemont Township. Barrington Township was named after the town of

Great Barrington, Massachusetts Great Barrington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,172 at the 2020 census. Both a summer resort and home to Ski Butternut, ...

Geography

According to the

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, Barrington Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and (3.26 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Barrington (mostly) *

Barrington Hills Barrington Hills is a village located about northwest of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,114. It straddles approximately over four counties, Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry. The Village of Bar ...

(south three-quarters) * East Dundee (part) *

Hoffman Estates Hoffman Estates is a village in Illinois, United States. The village is located primarily in Cook County, with a small section in Kane County. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. The village now serves ...

(part) *

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histor ...

(west quarter) *

South Barrington South Barrington is a residential suburb in Cook County, Illinois, United States, south of Barrington. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,077. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of Chicago. It is the location of the famous megachur ...

Unincorporated Towns

* Barrington Center at * Middlebury at *

Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a location * Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire * ...

Cemeteries

The township contains two historic cemeteries: Barrington Center and Union.

Major highways

Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...

U.S. Route 14 U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...

Illinois Route 59 Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockfo ...

Illinois Route 62 Illinois Route 62 (IL 62) is a east–west state road in northeast Illinois. It runs from western Algonquin at IL 31 (Western Algonquin Bypass) to the intersection with IL 83 (Elmhurst Road) by industrial Mount Prospect. Route ...

Illinois Route 68 Illinois Route 68 (IL 68) is a east–west state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels east from IL 72 (Higgins Road) in the Dundee area to the concurrency of Interstate 94 (I-94)/ U.S. Route ...

Illinois Route 72 Illinois Route 72 is an east–west state road in northern Illinois. It runs from the intersection with Illinois Route 73 north of Lanark east to Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Chicago. This is a distance of . Route description Il ...

Airports and landing strips

Allstate The Allstate Corporation is an American insurance company, headquartered in Northfield Township, Illinois, near Northbrook since 1967. Founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., it was spun off in 1993 but still partially owned by ...

Commercial Plaza Heliport * Mill Rose Farm RLA Airport * Rose Number 2 Heliport

Lakes

* Beverly Lake * Crabtree Lake *

Dana Lake The Lake Dana is a freshwater body of the territory of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, at Canada. The Dana Lake Hydrographic watershed is accessible via the for ...

* Goose Lake * Hawley Lake * Hawthorne Lake * Heather Lake * Keene Lake * Lacey Lake * Mirror Lake * Mud Lake * Spring Lake * Stephanie Lake

Landmarks

* Barrington Forest Preserve (west quarter) * Cook County-Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve * Crabtree Nature Center ( Cook County Forest Preserve) * Prairie Stone Business Park

Demographics

School districts

* Barrington Community Unit School District 220 * Community Unit School District 300 * School District 46

Political districts

Illinois's 6th congressional district Illinois's 6th congressional district covers parts of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties. It is represented by Democrat Sean Casten since 2019. Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting As of the 2011 redistricting which followe ...

* State House District 52 * State House District 54 * State Senate District 26 * State Senate District 27

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Barrington Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official website
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