Inverness is a thriving community of about 6800 people that was originally incorporated as a village in 1962. Arthur McIntosh was a land developer and in 1926 he acquired many parcels of land for develpment and named the area Inverness after his clan whose home was Inverness in Scotland.
Inverness is almost all land with very little water and is about 6.5 square miles. Inverness is bordered by Dundee Rd to the North, Barrington Rd to the West, Roselle Rd to the East and Algonquin Rd to the south. It shares the zip codes of Barrington and Palatine of 60010 and 60067. Children living in Inverness attend 3 different school districts, Barrington 220 and Palatine 15 and 211. Real estate in Inverness is typically homes built in 1 or more acres, with ages varying from 50 years old or more with a fair amount of new development in the last 20 years of larger and more luxurious homes. There are a number of townhome complexes, maintenance free single family home communities but very little vacant land available. The median price range of homes is about $600,000. |