| Lake in the Hills
(often abbreviated L.I.T.H. or LITH) is a village in
McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population
was 23,152 at the 2000 census. A 2006 special census
put the village's population at 29,195. The village
is most known for its rampant residential growth which
occurred most heavily in the 1990s. Once a sleepy lakeside
village of cottages and small ranches, its population
skyrocketed as developers flocked to the area in the
1990s. Its population increased by 17,000 people (a
nearly 400% increase) over this period, making it one
of the most rapidly growing suburbs of Chicago and in
the United States at that time. At the height of its
building boom, the village issued over 1,000 residential
building permits in 1995.
In the late 1990s, the village
faced the challenge of providing adequate services and
infrastructure as well as establishing an identity and
community unity, since many community services (Libraries,
Schools, Fire Districts) were pre-delegated to neighboring
communities like Huntley, Algonquin and Crystal Lake.
However, the village continues to expand its resources
and community offerings and is also endeavoring to diversify
its tax base and provide more commercial and industrial
businesses.
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