Country Club Hills

History

10,000 years ago, during a glacial period, there was a complex of moraines in this area, before modern times. Country Club Hills was historically known as Copper's Grove, a German Farmer-based place, throughout the 1800s. It was used for growing crops, and a lot more at that time. In the 1950s, Copper's Grove started to transition into present-day Country Club Hills, where farms started to move away, and started to get more populated. As a result, Country Club Hills became an incorporated city in 1958. The first town hall was located on a farmhouse on the southeastern corner of present-day Cicero Ave. and 183rd St. That building relocated to currently the Police Department building on 175th St in 1975. The city has been developing rapidly since then, especially in 2006, where the city used a $16 million municipal bond to build a $5 million amphitheatre on the City Campus, a $2 million fire station, an upgraded community park, and various infrastructure improvement projects.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Country Club Hills has a total area of , of which (or 99.66%) is land and (or 0.34%) is water. Country Club Hills is neighbored by Hazel Crest to the east, Flossmoor and Matteson to the south, Oak Forest to the northwest, Markham to the north, and the Cook County Forest Preserves and Tinley Park to the west.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  33,331
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  28,351
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  25,858
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  25,558
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  22,979
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  22,930
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  21,746
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  21,607

Largest nearby schools

• Carl Sandburg High School
  High · Orland Park · 2,894 students · 16.1:1 ratio
• Homewood-Flossmoor High School
  High · Flossmoor · 2,798 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
  High · Palos Hills · 2,538 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• Rich Township High School
  High · Olympia Fields · 2,487 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• Victor J Andrew High School
  High · Orland Hills · 2,259 students · 14.7:1 ratio
• Thornwood High School
  High · South Holland · 1,996 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)
  High · Palos Heights · 1,973 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Thornton Fractnl So High School
  High · Lansing · 1,927 students · 18:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2026-07-08
  21 km ENE of Kenilworth, Illinois
• M 2.6 — 2025-03-15
  6 km W of Dwight, Illinois
• M 3.1 — 2024-07-15
  2 km WNW of Somonauk, Illinois
• M 2.9 — 2015-03-25
  3 km WNW of Lake in the Hills, Illinois
• M 3.2 — 2013-11-04
  1 km SSW of Lyons, Illinois
• M 2.6 — 2013-06-10
  4 km NNE of Virgil, Illinois