Winnetka, Illinois
Winnetka, Illinois | ||
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ZIP code(s) 60093 | ||
Area code(s) | 847 and 224 | |
Geocode | 82530 | |
FIPS code | 17-82530 | |
Website | www |
Winnetka (/wɪˈnɛtkə/) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,475[2] as of the 2020 census. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income. It was the second-ranked Illinois community on Bloomberg's 2019 Richest Places Annual Index.[3]
History
The first houses were built in 1836.[4] That year, Erastus Patterson and his family arrived from Vermont and opened a tavern to service passengers on the Green Bay Trail post road. The village was first subdivided in 1854 by Charles Peck and Walter S. Gurnee,[5] President of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Winnetka's first private school was opened in 1856 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peck with seventeen pupils. In 1859, the first public school building was built with private funds at the southeast corner of Elm and Maple streets. The first year's budget for this school was $200.[6] The village was incorporated in 1869 with a population of 450. The name is believed to originate from the Potawatomi language, meaning 'beautiful place'.[7]
The oldest surviving house in Winnetka is the Schmidt-Burnham Log House. Originally constructed on what is now the Indian Hill Club on the south edge of town and in 1917 moved to Tower Road, it was moved in 2003 from Tower Road to the Crow Island Woods.[8]
Winnetka's neighborhoods include estates and homes designed by distinguished architects including
Churches in Winnetka were also designed by noted architects. Among them, the former First Church of Christ, Scientist, 440 Ridge Avenue, was designed in 1924 by architect
In the 1920s, a colonial Georgian house was built at 671 Lincoln Avenue. The house is now known as the famous Home Alone house for its exterior being used as a shooting location for two films in the series, starting in 1990.
The
The
In 1904, the Winnetka Park District was established, making it the fourth oldest park district in the state of Illinois. Today, the park district maintains and operates 27 parks, five beaches, and golf, tennis, ice skating/hockey, and paddle tennis facilities.
The
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Winnetka. A plaque dedicated to him is on the Village Green, a park in the town, where he spoke.[10] As a result of Dr. King's open housing campaign and the North Shore Summer Project, the nonprofit now known as Open Communities was founded.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Winnetka has a total area of 3.893 square miles (10.08 km2), of which 3.81 square miles (9.87 km2) (or 97.87%) is land and 0.083 square miles (0.21 km2) (or 2.13%) is water.[11]
Transportation
Metra serves three stations in Winnetka. All provide commuter rail service along the Union Pacific North Line. Trains travel south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, and north to Kenosha station.[12] In the downtown area is The Winnetka station. Indian Hill is on the south end of the village and Hubbard Woods is at the north end.
Besides Metra,
Northern boundary
Winnetka's northern border with Glencoe cuts through 58 homes, causing homeowners to have to pay taxes to, and seek permits from both villages. The two villages began discussing a solution in 1920s, reaching a tentative agreement in 2007 in which each homeowner could choose a village from which to receive services while the boundary officially remained unchanged. Initially, 46 homeowners chose Winnetka, but the others had the option to choose a village later.[13] The boundary was later updated to reflect these choices.[14]
Demographics
Demographics (2010)[15]
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Demographic | Proportion | ||
White
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94.8% | ||
Black
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0.3% | ||
Asian
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3.3% | ||
Islander
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0.02% | ||
Native | 0.1% | ||
Other | 1.5% | ||
Hispanic (any race) |
2.2% |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 584 | — | |
1890 | 1,079 | 84.8% | |
1900 | 1,833 | 69.9% | |
1910 | 3,168 | 72.8% | |
1920 | 6,694 | 111.3% | |
1930 | 12,166 | 81.7% | |
1940 | 12,430 | 2.2% | |
1950 | 12,105 | −2.6% | |
1960 | 13,368 | 10.4% | |
1970 | 14,131 | 5.7% | |
1980 | 12,772 | −9.6% | |
1990 | 12,174 | −4.7% | |
2000 | 12,419 | 2.0% | |
2010 | 12,187 | −1.9% | |
2020 | 12,744 | 4.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[16] |
As of the
There were 4,204 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.88% were married couples living together, 3.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.67% were non-families. 16.34% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.44% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.31 and the average family size was 2.94.
The village's age distribution consisted of 32.4% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was in excess of $250,000, as was the median income for a family. Males had a median income of $200,944 versus $66,726 for females. The
Education
Public schools
The
Some neighborhoods in the southern part of Winnetka are served by Avoca School District 37, which has schools in Glenview (Avoca West Elementary School; K-5) and Wilmette (Marie Murphy School; 6–8). Kenilworth School District 38 (Sears School; K-8) also includes a very small portion of the southeastern part of Winnetka, near Kenilworth.
Winnetka is in New Trier Township, and public school students who reside in Winnetka attend New Trier High School for grades 9 through 12.
Private schools
- Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, est. 1920
- La Petite École de Chicago, Winnetka Campus[22] (Preschool–9), bilingual school, est. 2020
- North Shore Country Day School (JK–12),[23] est. 1919
- Sacred Heart School (Preschool–8), Catholic school, est. 1902[24]
- The School of Saints Faith, Hope & Charity (Preschool–8), Catholic school, est. 1939
Media
Media outlets covering Winnetka include the Winnetka-Glencoe Patch, the Chicago Tribune's TribLocal, the Pioneer Press, Winnetka Talk, and The Winnetka Current.
Notable people
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- Ivan Albright, painter, sculptor and print-maker; attended New Trier High School
- Trish Andrew, basketball player, attended New Trier High School
- Ann-Margret, actress, attended New Trier High School
- Adam Baldwin, actor, attended New Trier High School
- Peter Baldwin, director
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation
- David Bradley, director, born in Winnetka
- Ann Hampton Callaway, singer, lived in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Liz Callaway, singer, lived in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Katie Chang, actress, lives in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School.
- Barnet and Camdengrew up in Winnetka.
- Dale Clevenger, principal horn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Chris Collins, basketball coach, lives in Winnetka
- Richard Dickson Cudahy, jurist, lived in Winnetka
- Jay Cutler, NFL quarterback, lived in Winnetka
- Bruce Dern, actor, attended New Trier High School
- Phil Donahue, talk show host, lived in Winnetka
- Conor Dwyer, Olympic swimmer, 2012 gold medalist
- Christine Ebersole, Tony Award-winning actress
- Neal Edelstein, film producer and director, raised in Winnetka
- MacArthur Fellowship
- Gil Elvgren, painter
- Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of JPMorgan Chase's Asset & Wealth Management division, raised in Winnetka
- Katie Gavin, lead singer of Muna, graduated from New Trier High School[25]
- Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), first architect employed by Frank Lloyd Wright; helped design Canberra, capital of Australia, grew up in Winnetka
- Rick Hahn, general manager of Chicago White Sox
- Carl L. Hamilton, named partner in the Booz Allen Hamilton management and information technology consulting firm[26]
- Charlton Heston, actor, lived in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Roger Hochschild, CEO and President of Discover Financial Services, lives in Winnetka
- Rock Hudson, actor; born and raised in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Harold L. Ickes, former United States Secretary of the Interior, built home at 900 Private Road
- offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers
- Bruce Krasberg, industrialist and horticulturist, lived in Winnetka
- Kate Liu, pianist, lives in Winnetka and attended New Trier High School
- Georgia Lloyd (1913–1999), pacifist, writer
- Henry Demarest Lloyd, activist for labor rights, woman suffrage, and against corporate corruption
- Matt Lottich, basketball coach, Valparaiso
- Virginia Madsen, actress, attended New Trier High School
- Kim Milford, actor
- Penelope Milford, actress
- John Moore, defenseman playing in the NHL's Anaheim Ducks organization
- Chris O'Donnell, actor (G. Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles)
- Tom O'Halleran, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st congressional district. He lived in Winnetka while a member of the Chicago Board of Trade.[27]
- Samuel Shackford Otis, architect
- Liz Phair, musician, grew up in Winnetka
- Ralph Pomeroy, poet and writer
- Eliot Porter, photographer, was born and grew up in Winnetka.[28]
- Fairfield Porter, painter and art critic, was born and grew up in Winnetka.[28]
- Janet Meakin Poor, landscape architect and plant conservationist
- Clarence B. Randall, businessman
- Bruce Rauner, former Governor of Illinois, former chairman of R8 Capital Partners
- Aon Corporation
- Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense, attended New Trier High School
- Jenny Sanford, former First Lady of South Carolina
- Jack Steinberger, refugee from Nazi Germany, attended New Trier High School, won 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics, gave Nobel medal to school
- W. Clement Stone, businessman and philanthropist[29]
- Walter A. Strong, publisher of Chicago Daily News,
- Quaker Oatsand U.S. ambassador to Norway, born in Winnetka
- Marlo Thomas, actress, lived in Winnetka
- Paul Thomas, pornographic actor
- Henry Totten, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman, lived in Winnetka
- Marc Trestman, former head coach of Chicago Bears, lived in Winnetka
- Joe Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy, attended New Trier High School
- Byron Trott, banker
- Barbara Turf, former president and CEO of Crate & Barrel[30]
- Bernice T. Van der Vries, state legislator, lived in Winnetka[31]
- Rocky Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, attended North Shore Country Day School, lives in Winnetka
- Ying Quartet originally consisted of four siblings from Winnetka; as of 2017, three siblings remain members of the ensemble
In popular culture
"Big Noise from Winnetka," a 1938 jazz song by The Bobcats, has been featured in a number of Hollywood movies, including Let's Make Music and Reveille with Beverly.
Winnetka was mentioned in the novel Havana by Stephen Hunter. Secondary character Roger St. John Evans was mentioned as "The Big Noise From Winnetka".
Film
Numerous other films have been shot in Winnetka, including portions of films
Television
A popular
The characters on the TV series The League reside in Winnetka.
The TV series I Didn't Do It is set in Winnetka. The characters attend the fictional Ditka High School.
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Winnetka - Place Explorer - Data Commons". datacommons.org. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ "11 Chicago suburbs make list of 100 richest towns". Chicago Tribune. February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Village History | Winnetka, IL". www.villageofwinnetka.org. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Dickenson (1956), p. 52
- ^ Dickenson (1956), pp.123-125
- ^ "Community Profile / Winnetka". Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1998. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "Log House History | Winnetka Historical Society". Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Crow Island School". National Historic Landmarks Program. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- ^ "Justice Day recalls Dr. King's visit to suburbs 50 years ago - Open Communities". July 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ "RTA System Map" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ Schroedtler, Andrew (January 9, 2007). "Border residents get pick of towns". Metro. Chicago Tribune (North–Northwest ed.). p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Winnetka village (82530) (PDF) (Map). 1:10,927. Boundary and Annexation Survey Governmental Unit Reference Map. Washington, D.C.: United States Census Bureau. December 8, 2022. p. 1. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Winnetka village, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ Websites for public schools: K-4 Hubbard Woods, Crow Island School, Samuel Sewall Greeley; 5-6 The Skokie School; 7-8 Washburne School
- ^ "History of Hubbard Woods School - The Hubbard Woods School". hubbardwoods.winnetka36.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "History - The Skokie School". skokie.winnetka36.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "History - Carleton Washburne School". washburne.winnetka36.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "La Petite École de Chicago".
- ^ "North Shore provides many opportunities for all students to excel - North Shore Country Day School (NSCDS)". www.nscds.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "History and Mission". www.shwschool.org. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ Gonzalez, Jasmine (January 29, 2016). "Gavin forms band, making it in the music industry". New Trier News. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ Lewis, Morgan Milton; Emmons, Jessie Gray Mrs. (1903). Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Lewis and Grisell Families. Coopersville, MI: DeVos Printer. p. 148.
- ^ US WO 90/10910, Belden, Glen W.; Brogan, John J. & Thomas C., O'Halleran et al., "Patent:Simulated pit trading system", published March 14, 1989
- ^ a b Peterson, Duff. "Eliot and Fairfield Porter, American Artists from Winnetka". Winnetka Historical Society. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "445 Sheridan Road". Winnetka Historical Society.
- ^ Manchir, Michelle (July 13, 2014). "Barbara Turf, former Crate and Barrel CEO, dies at 71". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1955-1956,' Biographical Sketch of Bernive T. Van der Vries, pg. 214
- ^ Cullotta, Karen Ann. "Almost 30 years later, Winnetka residents say 'Home Alone' changed the neighborhood — but they're OK with it". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Swartz, Tracy (October 26, 2020). "Why is the new Netflix movie 'Holidate' set in Chicago? We love the holidays, screenwriter says". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- Further reading
- Dickinson, Lora Townsend. The Story of Winnetka. Winnetka: Winnetka Historical Society, 1956. Print.