History
The Village of South Barrington was incorporated in December of 1959 and lies in the southeastern portion of Barrington Township and a small portion of western Palatine Township. The Village was incorporated for the purpose of land use control, and low density residential development has been the focus of the Village.
The first Village President was Fred Kramer, the Clerk was Jeanne Scully, and the Trustees were Bill Rose, Christ Heinrich, Art Hogfelt, Hans Seegers, Laura Witt, and Elwin Wyman.Between 1960 and 1962, the Village annexed several parcels to try to maintain the low density appeal of South Barrington. In March of 1962, however, the Village of South Barrington lost a State Supreme Court case with Hoffman Estates that allowed Hoffman Estates to annex across the Northwest Tollway.
The South Barrington police department was formed from a base of volunteers and part-time officers in 1964. In 1968, the Village's first full-time police officer, Peter Swistowicz, was hired. Today, the Village has a Chief and over 18 sworn police officers (full- and part-time). The South Barrington Village Hall was dedicated on January 29, 1984. Prior to that, the Village Board met at the homes of the elected officials. The Police Department and the Building Department operated from an outbuilding known as the "'chicken coup" on the Rose Packing complex. The land and building for the Village Hall came from royalties received from the Browning Ferris landfill. The last official census of the Village was done in 2000, and there were 3,760 people living in the Village. Today, South Barrington has 34 subdivisions, the Millrose restaurant, the AMC 30 Theater complex, Allstate Insurance Company, and a handful of small office complexes located within the Village boundaries. Substantially all the residential development is within subdivisions, each having its own homeowners' association.
Look at the 2000 Census statistics for South Barrington here.