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Welcome to North Northfield ...

North Northfield is located in Cook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Northfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for North Northfield: N. Northfield

North Northfield is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: North Northfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near North Northfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Northfield.

  • Waukegan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Arlington Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Evanston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Schaumburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Palatine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Skokie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Des Plaines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Prospect
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hoffman Estates
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around North Northfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Northfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Northfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Northfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Northfield. See our Newspapers Page for North Northfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Northfield ...

Looking for more information about North Northfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to North Northfield, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Northfield.

Adding North Northfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Northfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for North Northfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the North Northfield post office opened in 1874. The North Northfield post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Northfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Northfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/