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Pingree Grove is a village in northern Kane County, Illinois, whose post office first opened in 1848 and which incorporated on April 30, 1907.

For a century Pingree Grove was a tiny farm village — the 2000 census counted only 124 residents, and its population never topped 183 during the entire 20th century.

Pingree Grove then exploded with suburban development, jumping to 4,532 people in the 2010 census — a staggering 3,554.8% increase in a single decade.

The 2020 census counted 10,365 residents in Pingree Grove, and Census Bureau estimates put the population at about 12,545 by July 2025, another 21% increase.

Pingree Grove's growth is built around large master-planned subdivisions such as Cambridge Lakes, with neighborhoods named Bayfield, Bayside, Easthampton, Northampton, and Southampton.

Census Bureau figures count roughly 3,600 households in Pingree Grove, averaging about 3.00 people per household.

Pingree Grove is an almost entirely owner-occupied community — about 98.5% of its homes are owned rather than rented, one of the highest rates in the Chicago region.

U.S. Route 20 runs straight through Pingree Grove, leading about 7 miles southeast into Elgin and 17 miles northwest to Marengo.

The village spans about 3.64 square miles across Rutland and Plato townships, bordered by Hampshire to the west, Huntley to the north, and Gilberts to the northeast.

Despite its boom, Pingree Grove is still surrounded by Kane County farmland, and its fire protection is provided by the Pingree Grove and Countryside Fire Protection District.