Hampshire Forest Preserve

Hampshire is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,667.

Hampshire High School (Illinois) (commonly referred to as Hampshire or HHS) is a public high school for students in grades 9 through 12 located in Hampshire, Illinois. Hampshire High School serves students from Hampshire and surrounding areas, including Gilberts, Pingree Grove, Carpentersville, Elgin, and Sleepy Hollow. The school is located at the northern edge of Hampshire. Hampshire High School is part of Community Unit School District 300, or D300, and is the newest of three high schools serving the district. Feeder schools to Hampshire include Hampshire Middle School and Dundee Middle School. The school is a member of the Illinois High School Association, Fox Valley Conference. The school colors are purple and white and the mascot is a Whippur, which is typically depicted as a panther or a puma.

Allen's Corners is an unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Allen's Corner is a landmark of the Allen family, the first settlers of Kane County in 1836. First known as blacksmiths and farmers, the towing business was started in 1937. The community is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Allen and Brier Hill roads.

Starks is an unincorporated community in Kane County in the U.S. state of Illinois, located just south of the McHenry County border. Hampshire lies to its northwest, and Pingree Grove lies to its southeast. In the Illinois highway system, Starks is noted for having a wrong-way concurrency. Westbound U.S. Route 20 and eastbound Illinois Route 72 are concurrent together with northbound Illinois Route 47 through Starks.

Hampshire Township is located in the northwest corner of Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,023 and it contained 3,516 housing units.

The Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library, located in Hampshire, Illinois, serves the approximately 16,000 residents of Hampshire, Burlington, Pingree Grove, in addition to parts of the neighboring areas of Elgin and Huntley. The Library covers a 100 square mile area in Kane County, including the Hampshire Township, plus areas of the Burlington Township, Plato Township, and Rutland Township. The 7,200-square-foot library has a collection of over 49,885 in-house items. The library also has a growing local digital history collection of books, photographs, and historical documents of local importance. The library building includes computers, printers, a fax machine, copiers, a microfilm reader, and a mobile learning lab for computer classes. Wi-fi is also available throughout the building. The library holds computer classes, weekly story times, monthly crafts, teen programs, monthly genealogy meetings, and more. Annual circulation of materials is approximately 27,053 and about 38,000 people visit the library each year.

Huntley High School is a public high school in Huntley, Illinois, United States. The catchment area includes Consolidated School District 158, which includes all of Huntley as well as parts of Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, and other surrounding communities and rural areas.

Pingree Grove ( PING-GREE) is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census. However, with rapid development in the following years, the 2010 census indicated 4,532 residents, and the 2020 census was 10,365.

Harmony is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Harmony is located on U.S. Route 20, 5 miles (8.0 km) west-southwest of Huntley. It was named a CDP before the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 20.

North Plato is an unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois, United States, located directly northwest of Plato Center. It is about equidistant between Hampshire and Plato Center. The center of the community is located exactly near the intersection of Plank Road and Illinois Route 47.

Rutland Township is one of sixteen townships in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,806 and it contained 8,004 housing units. It was originally called Jackson Township; the name was changed to Rutland on July 2, 1850.

Huntley is a village in McHenry and Kane counties, Illinois, United States. As of the 2021 census it had a population of 28,008. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area.