Glenview is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop.

The Post Office demanded that an official name be selected, whereupon a special meeting of the villagers was called.

Various names were suggested such as Rugenville, Glenvarr, Glendale, Glengrove, Glen Hollow, Oak View, and Glenview.

Much of the Glenview area remained farmland but after World War II, developers such as Tom Sullivan began to give the township its current suburban appearance.

This religious society is based on the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg a scientist and theologian who lived and wrote in the 1700s.

Despite its new open focus and broadening congregation, the original church in the center and many of the surrounding buildings remain the same today as they were in 1900.

The base consisted of 1 million cubic yards (800,000 m3) of concrete, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of runways and 108 U.S. Navy buildings.

Among other amenities, it includes a lake, soccer fields, tennis courts, walking and biking trails, two golf courses, Kohl Children's Museum, the Glenview Park District Park Center, Attea Middle School, and the North Glenview Metra station.

Glenview is home to a rather diverse religious community, including Evangelicals, Catholics, Presbyterians, Mormons, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Jews, Hindus, and Muslims.

On July 4, 1985, the annual fireworks display at the Glenview Park Golf Course erupted on the ground after a misfire, injuring 6 people.

His son, Robert Kennicott, became interested in natural history, his research contributed to the American purchase of Alaska, and he was one of the founders of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.

They eventually settled in Gross Point (modern day Wilmette), an area with a high population of German immigrants.

By 1898, the Wagner farm encompassed approximately 91 acres (37 ha), many of which have been replaced by housing and road development today.

Johann and Katharina's youngest son, Thomas, married Julia Brachtendorf of the Northfield Township in 1892, and ten years later they purchased the Hoffman farm on the northwest corner of Lake Ave and Wagner Road.

Rose stated in her Will that the farm should be sold, and placed in trust for a local catholic church, and it remains a property of the Glenview Park District today.

After the group abandoned the annual event, the Glenview Park District decided to move the market to Wagner Farm.

In remembrance of Wagner's truck farming history, a market wagon was constructed, and is now in display in the museum.

In addition to the food and other products that are produced by the farm, the Market features a different musical artist to perform each week.

The most frequently spotted birds in Glenview include robins, sparrows, cardinals, crows, Canada geese, mallard ducks, various hawks and eagles, and occasionally great horned owls.

In residential areas, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, opossums, rats and mice cohabit with people.

On nature walks through the Glen, the forest preserves, or The Grove, one can come upon white-tailed deer, and an occasional coyote or fox.

Also to be seen are brown rabbits, cicadas (both the 17-year and the 4-year varieties), box and alligator snapping turtles, and sometimes small frogs and toads.

The Forest Preserves encompass approximately 68,000 acres (280 km2) of open space within the urban surroundings of Chicago.

The preserves are made up of forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes, which are protected as natural lands.

The preserves are home to many wildlife (see above), and feature a bike path, streams and lakes (including parts of the north branch of the Chicago River), the Glenview Woods, and various campsite locations.

Glenview residents who live on or east of Harms Road are served by New Trier Township High School District 203.

[34][35] Open Arms Christian Child Development Center is a school for pre-K and kindergarten students.

Pace provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Glenview to destinations across the region.