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Buffalo Grove is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, within the northern suburbs of Chicago. Buffalo Creek was so named when bison were seen drinking from the creek by the Potawatomi, French & English, and when bison bones were found in the area.〔"The History of Buffalo Grove", The Village of Buffalo Grove 50th Anniversary Committee, 2008.〕 Bison also grazed and rested in the grove, thus lending themselves to the name of the village.〔 As of the 2010 census, the village population was 41,496. In July 2009, Buffalo Grove was listed at No. 65 on ''Money'' magazine's "best places to live" list.〔Guy, Sandra. ("4 Chicago suburbs top 'best places to live'" ). ''Chicago Sun-Times'', July 14, 2009. Accessed July 14, 2009.〕 In 2013, Buffalo Grove again made the exclusive list ranked at No. 46.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Time - Money Magazine )〕 The village is home to two annual festivals, the Buffalo Grove Days held in September and an Arts Festival held in mid-July. Throughout the village, there are a number of various business parks. The village president is currently Beverly Sussman. Most of the village is located within the 10th Congressional District of Illinois, though the southern portion is represented in the 8th Congressional District. ==Geography== Buffalo Grove is located at (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 northwest of the Chicago Loop.〔Cutler, Irving. "The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb" (Chapter 5). In: Holli, Melvin G. and Peter d'Alroy Jones. ''Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait''. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995. Start page 122. ISBN 0802870538, 9780802870537. - Cited: p. (168 )〕 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. According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of , of which (or 99.69%) is land and (or 0.31%) is water. According to the village's land use data, single-family homes make up 43.9% of village land, 9.2% for single-family attached homes, 4.2% for multi family homes, 4.8% for commercial purposes, 2.4% for office, 10.8% for industrial, 3.5% is public property, 6.1% is right-of-way/utility, and only 1.4% remains vacant. A modest 13.8% is for parks and open space; there are 50 parks throughout the village and of bike paths/sidewalks. The Mike Rylko Community Park, located northwest of the intersection of McHenry Road (IL Route 83) and Buffalo Grove Road, is the largest park in the village with an estimated . The village also manages a small portion of the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve which primarily is located in Long Grove. The forest preserve has a total of and located north of the intersection of Lake-Cook Road and Arlington Heights Road. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buffalo Grove, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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