Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Hillcrest, IL

Hillcrest is a village in Flagg Township, Ogle County, sitting on elevated ground just south of the city of Rochelle - its name is a literal description of its perch on one of the few hills in this part of the county.

Hillcrest began in the early 1950s as the 'Bogue Addition,' a development started by prominent Rochelle physician Dr. Arthur Bogue, who owned the farmhouse on top of the hill.

Dr. Bogue disliked having the community named after himself and renamed it Hillcrest, though according to the village's first president, Thurman Holt, it took nearly a decade for the new name to stick.

Hillcrest was incorporated on June 6, 1958, largely as a way for residents to control the spread of house trailers in the growing subdivision.

Hillcrest had a population of 1,224 in the 2020 census, down from its peak of 1,326 in 2010 after decades of growth from just 224 residents in 1960.

The 2020 census counted 402 households and 418 housing units in Hillcrest, and nearly three in five of its households were married couples.

Hillcrest covers about 3.55 square miles of land in the Kishwaukee River country of northern Illinois, at an elevation of about 830 feet.

Almost a third of Hillcrest residents - 29.4% in the 2020 census - identify as Hispanic or Latino, and the village's median age was 35.4 years.

Hillcrest students attend Rochelle schools, with most of the village in Rochelle Community Consolidated District 231 and all of it in Rochelle Township High School District 212, while one section is served by the Kings Consolidated School District 144.