Northbrook

Also known as Northbrook, Illinois, Northbrook, IL

village in Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Illinois
County: Cook
Townships: Northfield and Wheeling
Type: Council–manager
Village president: Kathryn L. Ciesla
Village board: Trustees Robert P. Israel Muriel J. Collison Heather E. Ross Johannah K. Hebl Daniel H. Pepoon Joy U. Ebhomielen
Village manager: Cara Pavlicek
Total: 13.31 sq mi (34.46 km )
Land: 13.24 sq mi (34.29 km )
Water: 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km ) 0.45%
Elevation: 646 ft (197 m)
Density: 2,660.2/sq mi (1,027.12/km )
Demonym: Northbrookian
Per capita income: $51,719
Median home value: $519,000
Time zone: UTC-06:00 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC-05:00 ( Central )

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Northbrook
Population: 35222
Area: 34.330134
Elevation: 197
Official website: www.northbrook.il.us
Image: NorthbrookWelcomeSign.jpg
Households: 12749

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postal code: 60065
Commons category: Northbrook, Illinois
inception: 1901-00-00
water as percent of area: 0.4926
per capita income: 72969

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Northbrook is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago in the greater North Shore, part of a collection of upscale residential communities north of Chicago. The population was 35,222 at the 2020 census. It is within Northfield Township, Illinois, bordering Lake County.

When incorporated in 1901, the village was known as Shermerville in honor of Frederick Schermer, who donated the land for its first train station. The village changed its name to Northbrook in 1923 as an effort to improve its public image. The name was chosen because the West Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River runs through the village.