THE BARRINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Barrington township has 34.9 square miles of land in Cook 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
Barrington and Cook County
Barrington is associated with Cook County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Barrington by land and water
The Census records 1.17 square miles of water within Barrington, or 3.3% of its total area. It is 38.9 percentage points lower than the 42.2% recorded for Cook County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Barrington township has 4.7 times the land area of nearby South Barrington village (7.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

