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is an affluent village located in the Vernon Township
region of Lake County, which is located in the U.S.
state of Illinois. It is a suburb of Chicago, which
is located in adjacent Cook County. The population was
6,108 at the time of the 2000 census. Lincolnshire was
incorporated on August 5, 1957 from land in the unincorporated
Half Day area when land was purchased to build a residential
subdivision, and underwent an aggressive era of expansion
from 1983 to the 1990s. The Des Plaines River splits
the village in half; geographically, it is halved again
by a major traffic artery that enters the village at
the border that it shares with neighboring Vernon Hills.
Lincolnshire is home to Adlai
E. Stevenson High School and is the home for the entirety
of the elementary Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District
103, two districts that are academically advanced in
comparison to the majority of American schools. It is
the headquarters of a variety of corporations including
global outsourcing company Hewitt Associates, and is
the base of operations for the Newman-Haas Racing team.
The village of Lincolnshire holds several festivals
(including one mirroring the Taste of Chicago) annually
in either commercial establishments such as City Park
and the Village Green, or in one of the nine public
parks and nature reserves that it has created for recreation
purposes.
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