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Winnetka is a very affluent village located approximately 19 mi (30 km) north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. It has a population of 12,419.
Winnetka is located at (42.106227, -87.73801).
Winnetka is located 198m (650ft) above sea level and has a magnetic declination of 3° 10' W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.2 kmē), of which, 3.8 square miles (9.9 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 kmē) of it (2.30%) is water.
Winnetka's streets are lined with multi million dollar homes and historic oaks.
first houses were built in 1836.
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Winnetka is a very affluent village located approximately 19 mi (30 km) north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois. It has a population of 12,419.
Winnetka is located at (42.106227, -87.73801).
Winnetka is located 198m (650ft) above sea level and has a magnetic declination of 3° 10' W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.2 kmē), of which, 3.8 square miles (9.9 kmē) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 kmē) of it (2.30%) is water.
Winnetka's streets are lined with multi million dollar homes and historic oaks.
History
The first houses were built in 1836. 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, President of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Winnetka's first school opened in 1856. The town was incorporated in 1869 with a population of 450.
The name Winnetka is claimed to have been found in a book, meaning beautiful land in a local Native American language. However, no language has been found with a word anything resembling both Winnetka and the definition.
The oldest surviving house in Winnetka is the Schmidt-Burnham House. It was relocated in the 2003 from its original location on Tower Road to the Crow Island Woods.
The Crow Island School, designed by Eero Saarinen, was declared a National Landmark in 1990. It was declared 12th among all buildings and the best architectural design of all schools. 10,000 people showed up for the opening in 1938.
Claims to fame
- 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.
- The movies Home Alone and the beginning of Home Alone 2 were both filmed in Winnetka on Lincoln Avenue and the family was from there, but in the movie, it was called "Lincoln Boulevard."
- A very popular TV series, Sisters (1991-96), was set primarily in Winnetka.
- Numerous movies were filmed in Winnetka including portions of films Ocean's 12, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, She's Having a Baby and Uncle Buck.
- Winnetka is home to the Hadley School for the Blind.
- Site of the Hubbard Woods Elementary School shooting by Laurie Dann
- Considered to be the center of the North Shore
- Once coined "the land of bankers and lawyers"
- 1938 song named Big Noise From Winnetka.
Schools
The Winnetka Public Schools system (District 36) consists of three elementary schools and two middle schools. Hubbard Woods, Crow Island, and Samuel Sewall Greeley Elementary Schools serve grades kindergarten through four. Students in fifth and sixth grades attend The Skokie School. Seventh and eighth graders attend Washburne School, named after educator Carleton Washburne.
Winnetka's schools were modeled after Washburne's educational philosophy in an experiment called the Winnetka Plan. The town's schools continue to reflect his educational philosophy.
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
Notable residents
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,419 people, 4,162 households, and 3,433 families residing in the village. The population density was 3,242.7 people per square mile (1,252.0/kmē). There were 4,310 housing units at an average density of 1,125.4/sq mi (434.5/kmē). The racial makeup of the village was 96.29% White, 0.25% Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 4,162 households out of which 47.2% had children under the age of 18, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the village the population was spread out with 34.6% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $195,000, and the median income for a family was $200,000+. In 2007, Winnetka was ranked by CNN Money as having the 4th highest median household income in the country. . The 2008 CNN Money Top 25 Highest Earning Towns rankings failed to mention Winnetka due to an increase in the minimum population requirements.
External links
- Winnetka Historical Society
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