Ridgefield is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
McHenry County,
Illinois
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, United States. Ridgefield is northwest of
Crystal Lake. It was named a CDP before the
2020 census, at which time it had a population of 210.
Ridgefield hosts a small number of antique shops in a small crossroads business district. Ridgefield also has a large grain storage facility and a retail hardware store. Metra commuter trains pass through Ridgefield on their way to
Chicago
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from
Woodstock, Illinois
Woodstock is a city in and the county seat of McHenry County, Illinois, McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is located 51 miles northwest of Chicago, making it one of the city's outer-most suburbs. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...
without stopping, though there are currently shelved plans to build a station here.
History
A post office called Ridgefield was first established in 1858. The community was named from the ridges near the town site.
Demographics
Ridgefield first appeared as a
census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
2020 U.S. Census.
2020 census
References
Census-designated places in Illinois
Census-designated places in McHenry County, Illinois
Chicago metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in McHenry County, Illinois
Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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