Prairie View, Illinois | |
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| Coordinates:42°11′58″N87°57′45″W / 42.19944°N 87.96250°W /42.19944; -87.96250 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Lake |
| Township | Vernon |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 60069 |
| Area code(s) | 847, 224 |
Prairie View is anunincorporated community located in northeasternIllinois, in southernLake County. It is a part ofVernon Township (the Vernon Township building was previously located in Prairie View for many years). Prairie View has not beenannexed entirely by eitherLincolnshire orBuffalo Grove, although tiny portions of it have been.
In recent years, Prairie View has been divided into two sections as surrounding towns have annexed their neighboring settlements and tiny portions of Prairie View itself.
The northern section, which contains thePrairie View Metra station, is nearAdlai E. Stevenson High School (Lincolnshire, IL) and is bordered byVernon Hills to the north, Lincolnshire to the east and Buffalo Grove to the south and west. This section receives its water, sewer, and fire emergency service from Lincolnshire; all other services are provided by Vernon Township and Lake County. A modern subdivision (consisting of about 50 homes) located in this section was built during the 1990s on what had previously been farmland and is called Krisview Acres. The original homes in the area (approximately 28), located exclusively on Easton Avenue, Main Street and a few small side streets, were built piecemeal between the late 19th century and early 1980s.
The other section is a short distance south and is completely surrounded by Buffalo Grove. This subdivision is called Horatio Gardens and is close to the Buffalo Grove train station. The residents of this subdivision resisted being overtaken by Buffalo Grove Park District and currently still defend their rights to be an independent part of unincorporated Prairie View.
Prairie View was originally made up almost entirely of white/caucasian people, however since the 1990s it has become more diverse and currently contains a very large Jewish population. A well knownChabadshul is located there.[1]
Northern Prairie View is served byLincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103. Schools that comprise this district areDaniel Wright Junior High School, Half Day Intermediate School, and Laura B. Sprague Elementary School (all inLincolnshire). Most inhabitants of Prairie View who attend District 103 schools graduate toStevenson High School.
Residents of the southern portion of Prairie View are served by theAptakisic-Tripp School district (Buffalo Grove, IL), made up of Tripp Elementary School, Pritchett Elementary School, Meridian Middle School, and Aptakisic Junior High School.
TheWestminster Reformed Presbyterian Church (founded in 1906 as the Grace Evangelical Church, later renamed Grace United Methodist Church after merging first with the United Brethren in Christ and then the American Methodist Church), is situated in Prairie View.
Prairie View has a stop onMetra'sNorth Central Service, which stretches fromAntioch, Illinois toChicago, Illinois (atUnion Station). Trains usually tend to run only on weekdays.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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