Glenview

History

The entire Northfield Township originally was known as the town of Northfield. There were different names for various areas within the community. The Post Office demanded that an official name be selected, whereupon a special meeting of the villagers was called. Various names were suggested such as Rugenville, Glenvarr, Glendale, Glengrove, Glen Hollow, Oak View, and Glenview. The name Glenview won the majority vote on May 7, 1895. The village was incorporated in 1899. Much of the Glenview area remained farmland but after World War II, developers such as Tom Sullivan began to give the township its current suburban appearance. The Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the village, and was established as home to a religious society in 1894 by Hugh Burnham, the first village president and nephew of architect Daniel Burnham. This religious society is based on the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg a scientist and theologian who lived and wrote in the 1700s. In the late 1890s through the turn of the century, New Church members purchased 40 acres of land and built their houses in an oval surrounding a common park area where the church and school were built. Architect Swain Nelson, one of the designers of Lincoln Park, designed the neighborhood. Naval Air Station Glenview was a base for Coast Guard air/sea rescue helicopter service for Chicago/Lake Michigan and a squadron of P-3 Orions which had the mission of East Coast antisubmarine warfare. In 1995, the base closed and was converted into a development named "The Glen", which comprises approximately 15% of Glenview. It contains homes, offices, shopping centers, The Glen Town Center, a lake, soccer fields, tennis courts, walking and biking trails, two golf courses, Kohl Children's Museum, the Glenview Park District…

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Glenview has a total area of , of which (or 99.70%) is land and (or 0.30%) is water. Glenview Creek drains the southeastern corner of the village, emptying into the Middle Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River. Glenview has a continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), with summers generally wetter than the winters: The highest recorded temperature was in June 1988; the lowest recorded temperature was in January 1982.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  119,462
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  108,635
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  103,038
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  80,493
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  79,421
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  71,516
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  67,488
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  65,860

Largest nearby schools

• Taft High School
  High · Chicago · 4,464 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• Evanston Twp High School
  High · Evanston · 3,691 students · 13.7:1 ratio
• Glenbrook South High School
  High · Glenview · 3,030 students · 13.6:1 ratio
• New Trier Township H S Winnetka
  High · Winnetka · 2,856 students · 11.3:1 ratio
• Niles West High School
  High · Skokie · 2,609 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Maine South High School
  High · Park Ridge · 2,495 students · 17.3:1 ratio
• Prospect High School
  High · Mt Prospect · 2,263 students · 18.5:1 ratio
• Glenbrook North High School
  High · Northbrook · 2,062 students · 13.7:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2026-07-08
  21 km ENE of Kenilworth, 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
• M 3.8 — 2010-02-10
  2 km NW of Lily Lake, Illinois