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Hinckley is a village in Squaw Grove Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,070 at the 2010 census, up from 1,994 in 2000. [edit] History
In the 1830s, a Mr. Hollenbeck, who lived near Ottawa, Illinois, was traveling the then-unsettled territory. He found a grove of trees west of the present-day Hinckley and named it Squaw Grove, after the Native American women who were tending camp. In the spring of 1835, John Sebree built a log house. The following year, more families come to the area and a small town was started at the west edge of what is now Hinckley, which was named Squaw Grove. Hinckley was conceived in the 1870s as the brainchild of Francis Hinckley, president of the Chicago and Iowa Railroad. The rail line was placed one-half mile east of the Village of Squaw Grove, which was then named Hinckley. The first store came to Hinckley in 1872. By 1876, Hinckley had twenty businesses. The Methodist Church began in 1835, and St. Paul's Church came in 1885. A volunteer fire brigade was organized in 1886. In 1889, a tornado destroys most of the village. On January 7, 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first road game in Hinckley. [edit] Research Tips
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