Wonder Lake (CDP), Illinois

Wonder Lake is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a commuter village in the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 3,973 at the 2020 census. However including surrounding unincorporated subdivisions, the population is estimated at 10,000.

Harrison School District 36 is a school district located in Wonder Lake, Illinois, United States. The district operates one school, educating about 400 students from Kindergarten to grade 8.

Galt Field is a small, privately owned, public-use airport located in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Wonder Lake, Illinois.

Greenwood is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a commuter village, part of the Chicago metropolitan area It was incorporated as a village on 4 April 1995. The population was 324 at the 2020 census.

Ringwood is a northwest suburban village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a commuter village, part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 844 at the 2020 census.

McCullom Lake is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 988.

Bull Valley is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,128 at the 2020 census. Surrounded by the suburban sprawl of Crystal Lake, Woodstock, and McHenry, the village prides itself in its rural, low-density character.

The 1849 Terwilliger House is a Registered Historic Place in the McHenry County, Illinois, village of Bull Valley. The Greek Revival house is topped with a square cupola and surrounded by a columned porch. Rumors persist that the home was once a part of the Underground Railroad.

McHenry Township is located in McHenry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 47,653 and it contained 19,120 housing units. McHenry Township shares the distinction with Nunda Township as being the two largest townships by land area in McHenry County, at 48.3 square miles (125 km2) each. The township was named for William McHenry, an Illinois politician.

Richmond-Burton Community High School is a four-year public high school located in Richmond, Illinois, United States. One middle school (Nippersink Middle School) feeds into the high school.

Greenwood Township is located in McHenry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,990 and it contained 5,040 housing units.

The Colby-Petersen Farm is a historic farm at 4112 McCullom Lake Road in McHenry, Illinois. The farm was established in the 1840s by the Colby family, who were early white settlers in McHenry County that relocated from New England. The family built a Greek Revival farmhouse on the property circa 1850; characteristic Greek Revival elements of the house include a porch supported by columns, dentillated brickwork, and a frieze band. The farm primarily produced dairy, and it was one of the many prosperous dairy farms in northern Illinois in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Danish immigrant Peter Petersen married into the Colby family in 1901, and when he inherited the farm in 1914, it became known as the Petersen Farm. In addition to the farmhouse, surviving buildings on the farm include a dairy barn, a horse barn, and a garage.The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 2020.