History & Genealogy of
Barrington Township
Presented by Illinois Genealogy Trails
©Kim Torp
Cities & Towns within Barrington Township:
BARRINGTON, a village located on the northern border of Cook County, and partly in Lake, at the intersection of the Chicago & Northwestern and the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway, 32 miles northwest of Chicago. It has banks, a local paper, and several cheese factories, being in a dairying district. Population (1890), 848; (1900), 1,162.
A synopsis
of Barrington's history as presented by the Village of Barrington
Cemeteries .....
Main cemeteries: Barrington Center, Barrington Union, Cady, Deer Grove, Evergreen, St. Paul’s, and White. Other
cemeteries: Briggs Family, Chunn Burial Ground, David Haeger, Fairfield, Grant, Long Grove, North Northfield, Northfield,
Northfield Union, Oakwood, Volo, and Wauconda.
Cemetery
Transcriptions - Presented by the Barrington Area Library
Online Data ..... (offsite
links)
Barrington Area Library. Excellent website! Lists the cemeteries of Barrington and has links to transcriptions.
Important Addresses .....
Barrington Area Historical Society
212 W. Main Street
Barrington, IL 60010
847-381-1730
Website: http://nsn.nslsilus.org/bakhome/BHS/
Barrington Courier Review
200 James Street
Barrington, IL 60010
Switchboard: (847) 381-9200
Fax: (847) 381-5840
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) - Signal Hill Chapter, Barrington
Contact Person: Pat Stude
P.O. Box 1227
Barrington, IL 60010
Website: http://bakhome.northstarnet.org/dar-chpt/
Email: patstude@aol.com
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