The Village of Northbrook
Historical Account
A small number of the Potawatomi tribe were the first recorded residents of the Northbrook area. In 1833 the Potawatomi ceded their Illinois lands and moved to a place near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Afterwards Joel Sterling Sherman and his family bought 159 acres (64 ha) of land in the northwest quarter of Section 10 for $1.25 per acre; where Northbook’s downtown area resided as of 2010.
A man named Frederick Schermer donated the land used for the first railroad station, named Schermer Station and later Shermer Station; the community was named Shermerville after him. By the 1870s Shermerville was a farming community. At the time of incorporation in 1901, it had 311 residents and 60 houses. By 1921 residents believed that the name “Shermerville” had a negative reputation so a renaming contest was held. In 1923 “Northbrook”, the winner, was adopted; at the time Northbrook had 500 residents. After the end of World War II, Northbrook’s population began to rapidly increase. Between 1950 and 1980, the town’s population rose from 3,319 to 30,735.
Northbrook’s Schools
Northbrook is served by multiple school districts. The elementary school districts Northbrook School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, and West Northfield School District 31 serve Northbrook and are headquartered in Northbrook. Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21, headquartered in Wheeling, also serves sections of Northbrook.
St. Norbert Catholic School, a K-8 Catholic Grade School and The Cove School, a K–12 school for disabled children, are both in Northbrook. The Village is also home to Solomon Schechter, a K-8 Jewish school and the K-8 private school Countryside Montessori School,
The Public Library
The Northbrook Public Library is the public library of Northbrook. The library’s origins stem from a reading room created by the Citizens’ Club of Shermerville. The library operations were located in the reading room, Shermerville School, and the former village hall before the first dedicated library building was dedicated in 1954. The northern portion of the current library opened in 1969, and bonds of 1975 and 1997 expanded the current library.
To the left, the Kubrick karpet fog Daydreaming Library Mextures located at Northbrook Public Library.
1201 Cedar Ln, Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 272-6224
Park District
The Park District holds title for its residents to 511 acres and leases 2.42 acres from the Village of Northbrook. The Park District maintains 21 parks, comprised of community parks, neighborhood parks, play lots and passive parks.
Recreational facilities include: two aquatic facilities, a community center with activity and meeting rooms, two indoor ice rinks, 36 holes of golf, a practice range, miniature golf, two sled hills, 22 tennis courts, 32 baseball diamonds, soccer fields, playgrounds, picnic areas, trails, two fishing lakes, basketball courts, two volleyball courts, a cross country ski area, football fields, turf fields for soccer or lacrosse, an outdoor skate park, Teams Challenge Course and a climbing wall.
Distinctive facilities include the Ed Rudolph Velodrome (1/4 mile, banked bike track), Sportsman’s Country Club, Anetsberger Golf Course, Techny Prairie Park and Fields with the Trail Through Time, the Leisure Center with the Northbrook Theatre, and the Northbrook Sports Center with two ice rinks.
Transportation
Northbrook is connected to downtown Chicago by Metra’s Milwaukee District/North Line, which makes one stop within Northbrook: Northbrook station on Shermer Road. Pace buses also serve Northbrook.
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