Carpentersville, IL

Carpentersville is a Kane County village in the Chicago metro area, with nearly thirty-eight thousand residents at the 2020 census. Its founding story runs back to the Carpenter family, who came from Uxbridge, Massachusetts and settled near the Fox River. Unlike some Fox River communities, Carpentersville developed with a more working-class, industrial-suburban character. Local students are served by Community Unit School District 300, including Dundee-Crown High School and Carpentersville Middle School.