Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Buffalo Grove, Illinois The Village of Buffalo Grove, Illinois Buffalo Grove is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S.

As of the 2010 census, the village populace was 41,496. Most of the village is positioned inside the 10th Congressional District of Illinois, although the southern portion is represented in the 8th Congressional District. Buffalo Grove is positioned at 42 9 59 N 87 57 48 W (42.166332, 87.963391), among the northern suburbs of Chicago.

Buffalo Grove is about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. Buffalo Grove is split along Lake Cook Road into two parts: the Lake County Vernon Township portion; and the Cook County Wheeling Township portion.

Buffalo Grove shares a border with Wheeling to its southeast, Arlington Heights to its southwest and south, Riverwoods and Deerfield directly east, Lincolnshire to its northeast, Vernon Hills directly north, and Long Grove to its west and northwest.

According to the 2010 census, the village has a total region of 9.53 square miles (24.7 km2; 2,470 ha), of which 9.50 square miles (24.6 km2; 2,460 ha) (or 99.69%) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km2; 7.8 ha) (or 0.31%) is water. According to the village's territory use data, single-family homes make up 43.9% of village land, 9.2% for single-family attached homes, 4.2% for multi family homes, 4.8% for commercial purposes, 2.4% for office, 10.8% for industrial, 3.5% is enhance property, 6.1% is right-of-way/utility, and only 1.4% remains vacant.

The Mike Rylko Community Park, positioned northwest of the intersection of Mc - Henry Road (IL Route 83) and Buffalo Grove Road, is the biggest park in the village with an estimated 76.5 acres (31.0 ha).

The village also manages a small portion of the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve which primarily is positioned in Long Grove.

Like in many of the close-by North Shore Suburbs, there is a large Jewish populace in Buffalo Grove.

3.4% of the total populace of Buffalo Grove were born in Ukraine. In 2011, 16.0% of Buffalo Grove's inhabitants were Asian, making it the Chicago suburb with the seventh highest percentage of Asians. Four school districts and three high schools from two districts serve Buffalo Grove, which are Township High School District 214 and Adlai E.

The majority of enhance high school students in Buffalo Grove that live in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove attend Buffalo Grove High School, which is the only enhance high school positioned inside Buffalo Grove itself.

A lesser population of students residing in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove attend Wheeling High School, in close-by Wheeling.

Those living in the Lake County portion of Buffalo Grove attend Adlai E.

Grade school districts and schools serving Buffalo Grove are: Buffalo Grove-Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21: Aptakisic-Tripp C C School District 102:/Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 Kildeer Countryside C C School District 96:/Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 Country Meadows Elementary School (in Long Grove) (1 5) Kildeer Countryside Elementary School (in Long Grove) (1 5) Twin Groves Middle School (6 8) Woodlawn Middle School (in Long Grove) (6 8) Wheeling Township Buffalo Grove as well as a small portion of Lake County Buffalo Grove is served by the Indian Trails Public Library District positioned in Wheeling south of the intersection of Dundee Road and Schoenbeck Road.

Vernon Township Buffalo Grove is served by the Vernon Area Public Library District positioned in Lincolnshire just north of the intersection of Half Day Road and Olde Half Day Road. The Raupp Museum, directed by the Buffalo Grove Park District, is the town's exhibition of small-town history.

Saint Mary's Church, instead of 1899, is the earliest building in the village. Lou Malnatis Pizzeria is homed in the second earliest building in the village (also instead of 1899). Located around the same downtown area, there is the Buffalo Grove Town Center, which is a primary shopping and retail destination inside the village, at the Buffalo Grove Road and Mc - Henry Road intersections with Lake-Cook Road, being anchored by the Buffalo Grove Theaters and by Brunswick's, a bowling/arcade/laser-tag venue that hosts birthday parties. During the summer, Buffalo Grove hosts two festivals.

The Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Arts Festival is held in Buffalo Grove Town Center in mid-July, with over 30,000 visitors attending on average.

In September, Buffalo Grove hosts the multi-day Buffalo Grove Days festival around the intersection of Lake-Cook Road and Raupp Boulevard.

The festival usually attracts not just Buffalo Grove residents, but also inhabitants from the neighboring communities.

Throughout the summer Buffalo Grove hosts a Farmer's Market at the Spray and Play Pool on Mc - Henry Road west of the intersection of Buffalo Grove Road. In 2014, the Buffalo Grove Park District opened the Community Arts Center, which homes a theatre space and classrooms.

One of the primary transportation issues in Buffalo Grove is the Illinois Route 53 Extension, a proposed transit universal in Lake County that began back in the 1960s.

Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) presently ends at Lake Cook Road in Buffalo Grove.

Buffalo Grove relies on multiple arterial roads.

Going north-south, the village uses Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21) on the east, Buffalo Grove Road and Weiland Road down the center, and Arlington Heights Road on the west.

Going east-west, the village uses Dundee Road (Illinois Route 68) to its south, Lake-Cook Road and Deerfield Parkway towards the center, and both Aptakisic and Half Day Road (Illinois Route 22) to its north.

Mc - Henry Road (Illinois Route 83) acts as a diagonal road in the village, going north-south in some portions, but east-west in others. Since 1996, Buffalo Grove has had a station on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily rail service between Antioch and Chicago (at Union Station).

The North Central Service runs primarily amid rush hour and does not run on the weekends, so many Buffalo Grove inhabitants use the Arlington Heights Metra Station, the Deerfield Metra Station, or the Lake Cook Road Metra Station also in Deerfield. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Buffalo Grove village, Illinois".

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Buffalo Grove village, Illinois".

Buffalo Grove village, Illinois Fact Sheet, American Fact - Finder.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Buffalo Grove.

Village of Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove, Illinois Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Illinois, United States

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