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Hoffman Estates.

Before the 1940s, German settlers had moved into the area west of Roselle Road and north of Golf Road, then known as Wildcat Grove, and the area remained sparsely populated until farmers bought land there in the 1940s. In 1954, Sam and Jack Hoffman, owners of a father-and-son construction company, purchased 160 acres in the area and began building homes, developing the region that now bears their name. As residents moved in, they voted to incorporate, and the Village of Hoffman Estates was incorporated on September 23, 1959. Once the Northwest Tollway (now I-90) opened, the township became more attractive to Chicago commuters, and in the early 1960s land annexations more than doubled the village's land area.

The 1971 opening of Woodfield Mall in neighboring Schaumburg helped turn the area into a major business center. In the 1990s, the 750-acre Prairie Stone Business Park began development, bounded by Illinois Route 59, I-90, Illinois Route 72, and Beverly Road. The park came to fruition in 1993 when Sears, Roebuck and Company relocated its headquarters from the Sears Tower in Chicago to a sprawling campus in the northwest part of Prairie Stone. Later additions included the 11,000-plus-seat arena now known as the Now Arena, offices for companies such as Serta and Mary Kay, a Cabela's outdoor store, a Marriott hotel, and the Poplar Creek Crossing retail center. In June 2020 the village approved a deal to rename the Sears Centre Arena to the "Now Arena."