Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Buffalo Grove is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, within the northern suburbs of Chicago.

As of the 2010 census, the village population was 41,496. Most of the village is located within the 10th Congressional District of Illinois, although the southern portion is represented in the 8th Congressional District.

Geography

Buffalo Grove is located at 42°9′59″N 87°57′48″W / 42.16639°N 87.96333°W / 42.16639; -87.96333 (42.166332, −87.963391), among the northern suburbs of Chicago. Illinois Route 83 leads north towards central Lake County and south towards O'Hare International Airport. East-west streets take residents 20 minutes east to Lake Michigan and other North Shore suburbs such as Lake Forest, Highland Park, and Glencoe.

Buffalo Grove is about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop.

Buffalo Grove is split along Lake Cook Road into two parts: the Lake County Vernon Township portion; and the Cook County Wheeling Township portion. Around three-quarters of the village is in Vernon Township. Both portions differ in their demographics and similarities with neighboring communities. Buffalo Grove shares a border with Wheeling to its southeast, Arlington Heights to its southwest and south, Riverwoods and Deerfield directly east, Lincolnshire to its northeast, Vernon Hills directly north, and Long Grove to its west and northwest. Unincorporated Prairie View is located in two different parts around the village. First, there is the larger and historic portion which is towards the north and includes Didier Farms. Then, there is the second, much smaller portion which is centered on the Horatio Gardens subdivision just northeast of the intersection of Weiland Road and Pauline Avenue. Today, Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire continue to annex certain portions of Prairie View.

Buffalo Grove station

Buffalo Grove is a station on Metra's North Central Service in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The station is 32 miles (51 km) away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Buffalo Grove is in zone F.

According to Metra's year-end figures, Buffalo Grove is the highest-trafficked station on the North Central line. The station contains a large parking lot off of Commerce Drive, which itself is a cul-de-sac off of Deerfield Parkway.

The station is a part of the Sidney Matthias Transportation Center.

Bus connections

Pace "Route 234 – Wheeling-Des Plaines". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 272 – Golf Mill-Westfield Shoppingtown Hawthorn-Milwaukee Avenue Corridor". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service.  "Route 626 – Skokie Valley Limited". PaceBus.com. Chicago: Pace Suburban Bus Service. 

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