Lincolnshire is a village in
Vernon Township,
Lake County, in the
U.S. state of
Illinois. The village is a northern suburb of
Chicago. The population of Lincolnshire was 7,275 at the 2010 census. Lincolnshire was incorporated on August 5, 1957, from the unincorporated
Half Day area when land was purchased to build a residential subdivision. The community underwent an aggressive era of expansion from 1983 to the 1990s. The
Des Plaines River bisects the village, passing from north to south;
Illinois Route 22 also divides the village into two parts, crossing the village from east to west.