THE ELK GROVE VILLAGE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex setting.
Elk Grove Village village has 11.8 square miles of land in Cook County, DuPage County. Its Census reference point is in Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Elk Grove Village intersects 2 county geographies: Cook County, DuPage County. A Elk Grove Village mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Elk Grove Village by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Elk Grove Village, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 3.7 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, Elk Grove Village village has 42.7% of the land area of nearby Elk Grove township (27.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

