Barrington IL homes and real estate area is located 35 miles Northwest of Downtown Chicago. Barrington includes 8 Northern Illinois Villages : Barrington Village (Downtown area), Barrington Hills, South Barrington, North Barrington, Lake Barrington, Deer Park, Tower Lakes and Inverness (Closest to Palatine). Barrington IL homes are located in 4 counties, Lake County, Cook County, Kane County & McHenry County. A selection of the surrounding towns are Lake Zurich, Cary, Fox River Grove, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Algonquin, Wauconda, Island Lake, Palatine, Kildeer & Hawthorn Woods. The original name of Barrington area was Miller Grove and then it was named Barrington Center. Back in 1854 it was named by Robert Campbell after Great Barrington MA. That name came about because it was the previous home to many of the Barrington IL farmers.

Homes in Barrington include anywhere from 150k condos to multi-million dollar residences.  Some of the popular places to visit are the Catlow theater (eat great sandwiches and carmel & cheese popcorn in the theater), Chessie's Restaurant, The Icehouse Mall, Park Street Restaurant/Wine Bar and more, there is plenty to see and do in the Barrington communities.