where is lake in the hills,illinois?

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Lake in the Hills (often abbreviated L.I.T.H.) is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,152 at the 2000 census. A 2003 special census put the village's population at 27,728.

The village is most known for its rampant residential growth which occurred most heavily in the 1990s. Once a sleepy lakeside village of cottages and small ranches, its population skyrocketed as developers flocked to the area in the 1990s. Its population increased by 17,000 people (a nearly 400% increase) over this period, making it one of the most rapidly growing suburbs of Chicagoland and in the United States at that time. At the height of its building boom, the village issued over 1,000 residential building permits in 1995.

Since the building boom, the village has struggled to continue to provide adequate services and infrastructure as well as establish an identity and community unity, since many community services (Libraries, Schools, Fire Districts) were pre-delegated to neighboring communities like Huntley, Algonquin and Crystal Lake. The village also faces a new challenge in trying to diversify its tax base and provide more commercial and industrial businesses to try and shed the bedroom community status.

Lake in the Hills Airport, convenient shopping and entertainment along Randall Road, low crime, well-kept neighborhoods, abounding community activities, and an excellent parks system helps the village continue to maintain an excellent reputation and a place that people want to continue to live in or visit.