Huntley, Illinois

Huntley, Illinois
Village
Huntley High School
Etymology: Thomas Stillwell Huntley[1]
Motto: The Friendly Village with Country Charm
Location of Huntley in Kane County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 42°09′42″N 88°26′03″W / 42.16167°N 88.43417°W / 42.16167; -88.43417Coordinates: 42°09′42″N 88°26′03″W / 42.16167°N 88.43417°W / 42.16167; -88.43417
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Kane, McHenry
Townships	Grafton (McHenry), Rutland (Kane)
Founded	1851 (1851)
Incorporated	1872 (1872)
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Village President	Charles Sass
Area[2]
• Total	14.39 sq mi (37.27 km2)
• Land	14.36 sq mi (37.19 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation	889 ft (271 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	24,291
• Estimate (2016)[3]	26,611
• Density	1,853.13/sq mi (715.50/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Code(s)	60142
Area code(s)	847, 224
FIPS code	17-36750
Website	www.huntley.il.us
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Huntley is a village in McHenry and Kane Counties, Illinois.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Huntley has a total area of 14.102 square miles (36.52 km²), of which 14.07 square miles (36.44 km²) (or 99.77%) is land and 0.032 square miles (0.08 km²) (or 0.23%) is water.^[8]

Demographics

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 5,730 people, 2,324 households, and 1,756 families residing in the village. The population density was 489.1 inhabitants per square mile (188.8/km²). There were 2,501 housing units at an average density of 213.5 per square mile (82.4/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.94% White, 0.44% African American, 0.17% Native American, 2.13% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.26% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 4.28% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,324 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the village, the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $60,456, and the median income for a family was $65,433. Males had a median income of $44,524 versus $30,363 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,451. 2.8% of the population and 1.9% of families were below the poverty line. 2.2% of those under the age of 18 and 1.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Government

Huntley is governed as a village with an elected village president and a six-member board of trustees. Trustees are elected at-large to four-year staggered terms. The village president is Chuck Sass.

Education

Consolidated School District 158

The village is served entirely by Consolidated School District 158. Originally headquartered in Huntley, the administration offices have since moved to a new campus in Algonquin.

The village used to be entirely served by an elementary school and a high school located in town, but the growing district has since discontinued use of those buildings, and has since built five elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school on three different campuses districtwide.

Only one campus is within village limits. The Harmony Road Campus in the western part of the village contains Huntley High School and Leggee Elementary School. The other two campuses, which serve parts of Huntley are located in nearby Algonquin and Lake in the Hills.

Huntley Area Public Library

The Huntley Area Public Library District includes all of Huntley, parts of Lake in the Hills and Algonquin, and portions of Grafton, Rutland and Coral Townships.

The Huntley Area Public Library district serves all of Huntley as well as portions of Lake in the Hills and Algonquin. The library used to be housed in a very small 1,000 or 2,000 sq ft (190 m²) building at Algonquin Road and Church Street. In 1999, the former building was closed and a new 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m²) building constructed on Ruth Road, just north of Main Street.

McHenry County College

The district's community college needs are served by McHenry County College, located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, about a 15 to 20 minute drive away.

Transportation

Illinois Route 47 runs north-south through the village for nearly seven miles

• The village is located along the "Golden Corridor" of Interstate 90/The Northwest Tollway. It has direct access to I-90 via a full interchange at Illinois Route 47. Conversion of the interchange from an eastbound interchange to a full interchange was completed in November 2013.
• Illinois Route 47 serves as the chief north-south artery in Huntley. Handling over 20,000 vehicles a day, Route 47 was expanded from two to five lanes in 2011. Portions of Route 47 between Kreutzer Road and I-90 are six lanes. Route 47 connects to Woodstock to the north and Pingree Grove and Elburn to the south.
• Algonquin Road and Main Street/Huntley-Dundee Road act as the village's primary east-west routes. Algonquin Road is a four-lane divided highway that connects Route 47 to other suburbs to the east like Algonquin and Lake in the Hills. Main Street connects to Marengo and Harmony Roads on the west (leading to U.S. Route 20 and towns like Marengo, Hampshire, and Union), while Huntley-Dundee Road connects to the Carpentersville-Dundee area to the east.
• Other important streets in the village include Ruth Road, Reed Road, Kreutzer Road, Haligus Road, Del Webb Boulevard, and Church Street. Reed and Kreutzer are local east-west roads, while Haligus, Ruth, and Church are local north-south streets. Del Webb Boulevard is the primary collector road in the Sun City neighborhood.
• The village is also located along a branch of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and thus many of the village's industries are near the railroad for convenient access to Elgin, Rockford, Chicago, and essentially the rest of the world.

Festivals/traditions

• Turkey Testicle Festival: held the day before Thanksgiving at Parkside Pub, usually spreading into the streets of downtown Huntley.

Local newspapers

• Northwest Herald – daily newspaper based in Crystal Lake which serves the greater McHenry County area.
• Northwest Herald MyHometown – Northwest Herald's Huntley MyHometown homepage.
• Daily Herald – daily newspaper based in Arlington Heights; serves cities in five counties incl. McHenry & Kane
• Huntley Farmside – weekly newspaper edited in St. Charles (Kane Co.), published in Downers Grove.
• Sun Day – Biweekly/Weekly newspaper published by White Silo Media, Inc.; serves the communities of Sun City and Edgewater in Elgin.

Notable people

• Johnny Klippstein – MLB Pitcher from 1950 to 1967

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huntley, Illinois.

• Official website