Prairie View is an
unincorporated community
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located in northeastern
Illinois
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, in southern
Lake County. It is a part of
Vernon Township (the Vernon Township building was previously located in Prairie View for many years). Prairie View has not been
annexed entirely by either
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
or
Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove, officially the Village of Buffalo Grove, is a village in Lake and Cook County, Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of Downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 Census, Buffalo Grove has a population of 43,212. It tota ...
, although tiny portions of it have been.
Development
In recent years, Prairie View has been divided into two sections as surrounding towns have annexed their neighboring settlements and tiny portions of Prairie View itself.
The northern section, which contains the
Prairie View Metra station, is near
Stevenson High School and is bordered by
Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills is a suburb north of Chicago, Illinois in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 26,850 at the 2020 census. Vernon Hills serves as a retail hub for its surrounding area ( Libertyville, Lake Forest, Long Grove, Lin ...
to the north, Lincolnshire to the east and Buffalo Grove to the south and west. This section receives its water, sewer, and fire emergency service from Lincolnshire; all other services are provided by Vernon Township and Lake County. A modern subdivision (consisting of about 50 homes) located in this section was built during the 1990s on what had previously been farmland and is called Krisview Acres. The original homes in the area (approximately 28), located exclusively on Easton Avenue, Main Street and a few small side streets, were built piecemeal between the late 19th century and early 1980s.
The other section is a short distance south and is completely surrounded by Buffalo Grove. This subdivision is called Horatio Gardens and is close to the Buffalo Grove train station. The residents of this subdivision resisted being overtaken by Buffalo Grove Park District and currently still defend their rights to be an independent part of unincorporated Prairie View.
Demographics
Prairie View was originally made up almost entirely of white/caucasian people, however since the 1990s it has become more diverse and currently contains a very large Jewish population. A well known
Chabad
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shul
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is located there.
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Schools
Northern Prairie View is served by Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103. Schools that comprise this district are Daniel Wright Junior High School, Half Day Intermediate School, and Laura B. Sprague Elementary School (all in Lincolnshire
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). Most inhabitants of Prairie View who attend District 103 schools graduate to Stevenson High School.
Residents of the southern portion of Prairie View are served by the Aptakisic-Tripp School district, made up of Tripp Elementary School, Pritchett Elementary School, Meridian Middle School, and Aptakisic Junior High School.
Churches
Local churches include the Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church (founded in 1906 as the Grace Evangelical Church, later renamed Grace United Methodist Church after merging first with the United Brethren in Christ and then the American Methodist Church).
Entertainment
Prairie View has one roadhouse-style tavern, known as The Prairie House. For many years, an American Legion post stood on Easton Avenue, however it moved to a new building in the 1990s and the original building currently houses offices.
Transportation
Prairie View has a stop on Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. ...
's North Central Service
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, which provides daily rail service between Antioch, Illinois
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and Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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(at Union Station
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).
Notable people
*Jean Ladd
Jean Ladd (February 26, 1923 – September 29, 2009) was an American pitcher and left fielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed. Madden, W. C. (2005) ''The Women of the All-Americ ...
(1923–2009), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, born and raised in Prairie View.
*Joe Lando
Joseph John Lando (born December 9, 1961) is an American actor, known for playing Jake Harrison on daytime's ''One Life to Live'' (1990–1992) and Byron Sully on the television series ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' (1993–1998).
Life and c ...
(born 1961), actor best known for his role of Byron Sully on the TV Series ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' is an American Western drama television series created and executive produced by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour, who plays Dr. Michaela Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the O ...
'', born in Prairie View.
*Mosheh Oinounou
Mosheh Oinounou (born May 21, 1982) is an American media executive who most recently served as executive producer of ''CBS Evening News.''
Biography
Oinounou was raised in Prairie View, Illinois and graduated from Stevenson High School. He is ...
(born 1982), former executive producer of ''CBS Evening News
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Image gallery
Image:Grace_Evangelical_Church,_Prairie_View,_Illinois.jpg, Grace Evangelical Church after completion of construction in 1906.
File:Prairie View IL LDS Church.JPG, A meetinghouse of the LDS Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...
in Prairie View
References
External links
Local Presbyterian Church website with photographs
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Unincorporated communities in Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Lake County, Illinois