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We would like to provide the residents of  Port Barrington  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Port Barrington Home page. The Port Barrington Home page provides as much information as possible on Port Barrington. Knowing Port Barrington’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Port Barrington’s Home page, you will also find Port Barrington’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Port Barrington has a population of 1742. 51.6% of Port Barrington’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.4 are female. 52.2% of Port Barrington is married and 91.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $301,363, and the average rent is $1,781. Household median income in Port Barrington is $144,531, and the individual median income is $53,690. Port Barrington’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.7%), Hispanic(7.9%), Asian(3.8%), Multiple(3.4%), Black(1%), Other(0.1%).


The village of Port Barrington was incorporated in 1969 under the name Fox River Valley Gardens. At the time, the village had the longest name out of all other incorporated places in Illinois, and was one of the longest town names in the country. For 33 years, Port Barrington shared a ZIP code (60010) with the village of Barrington, 9 miles (14 km) to the south.


In 2002, the village established its own post office and zip code. Homeowners in the new Riverwalk subdivision claimed that their home values fell significantly and immediately when their addresses were changed to "Fox River Valley Gardens". Some people trying to sell their homes at the time found themselves "underwater" (selling at a loss).


This prompted residents in the Riverwalk section of the village to express their objection to what appeared to be a "bait and switch" in the change of mailing address. There were several tense village meetings where legal action was being considered by the new residents. In September 2002, the village board voted 4–3 in September 2002 to re-incorporate and change the community's name to "Port Barrington".


However, several addresses in the older section of the village are still listed under the name Fox River Valley Gardens. In addition, many road signs and maps continue to use the community's original name, as do the local police and fire departments. As of 2019, the post office is no longer in service, and mail delivery is provided by the postal service in Island Lake, Illinois.


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