Hidden Lakes, Illinois

The village of Hidden Lakes is a far northwest suburb of Chicago in the Hidden Lakes County of the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population is 56,798. The town is known for its numerous—often reported supernatural—occurrences surrounding the Hidden Man cryptid phenomenon.

History
Hidden Lakes was first settled in 1891, with settlers arriving from the southeast by the old Native American trade routes now occupying Milwuakee and Elston avenues in Chicago.

Hidden Lakes' police department is supervised by Police Chief Franklin D. Roosevelt, instated in 2015.

Trivia
In the film He Who Lives In Hidden Lakes, the fictional village of Hidden Lakes is portrayed by the village of Bolingbrook, Illinois and the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Chicago.