Prairie View
Prairie View is an unincorporated community located in northeastern Illinois, in southern Lake County. It is a part of Vernon Township. Prairie View has not been annexed entirely by either Lincolnshire or Buffalo Grove, although tiny portions of it have been.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Lake County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Prairie View, IL”, “Prairie View, Illinois”, “Prairie View, Lake County, Illinois”, and “Prairieview”
- Neighbors: Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prairie View station and Adlai E Stevenson High School.
Prairie View station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prairie View station is on Metra's North Central Service in the unincorporated area of Prairie View, Illinois, near Buffalo Grove. The station is 34.4 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.
Adlai E Stevenson High School
School
Photo: Tonyhawkwiz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, commonly called Stevenson High School, is a four-year public high school located in Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States. It is named after Adlai E. Stevenson II, the 31st Governor of Illinois.
Vernon Hills station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vernon Hills is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The station is 35.7 miles away from Chicago Union Station, the southern terminus of the line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aptakisic and Indian Creek.
Aptakisic
Locality
Aptakisic is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Aptakisic is located along Aptakisic Road and the Canadian National Railway; it borders Buffalo Grove to the west and Lincolnshire to the east.
Indian Creek
Village
Indian Creek is a village in Vernon Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Per the 2020 census, the population was 536. Indian Creek is situated 2½ miles northwest of Prairie View.
Lincolnshire
Photo: Racaris, Public domain.
Lincolnshire is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a northern suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,940. Named after Lincolnshire, England, the village was incorporated on August 5, 1957, from the unincorporated Half Day area when land was purchased to build a residential subdivision.
Prairie View
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Vernon Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.19919° or 42° 11′ 57″ northLongitude
-87.95563° or 87° 57′ 20″ westElevation
696 feet (212 metres)Open location code
86JJ52XV+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 153572602OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Prairie View” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普雷里維尤 (伊利諾伊州萊克縣)”
- Chinese: “普雷里維尤”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پرايرى ڤيو، مقاطعة ليك، ايلينوى”
- French: “Prairie View”
- Russian: “Прери-Вью”
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