THE BARRINGTON HILLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Barrington Hills village has 27 square miles of land in Cook County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 4 county geographies.
Barrington Hills intersects 4 county geographies: Cook County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County. A Barrington Hills mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Barrington Hills by land and water
The Census records 0.62 square miles of water within Barrington Hills, or 2.2% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Illinois. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barrington Hills village has 77.5% of the land area of nearby Barrington township (34.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

