The most populous cities in area code 224 are: Arlington Heights, Northbrook, Elgin, Des Plaines, and Waukegan.
Other cities in the 224 area code include: Algonquin, Deerfield, Barrington, Chicago, Elk Grove Village, Glenview, Wheeling, Round Lake, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Palatine, Mundelein, Fox Lake, Skokie, Zion, Lincolnshire, Winnetka, Dundee, Huntley, Roselle, Antioch, Highland Park, Evanston, Bartlett, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Grayslake, Cary, Schaumburg, Hampshire, Bensenville, Wilmette, Park Ridge, Mount Prospect, River Grove, Oak Brook, Wauconda, and Hinsdale.
Arlington Heights is a town in Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the city's downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 census. It is the most populous community in the United States that is incorporated as a "village", although it is not far ahead of its nearby Illinois neighboring villages of Schaumburg and Bolingbrook and adjacent Palatine.Arlington Heights is known for Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; it also hosted the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002. The village is also home to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, which has one of the largest collections in the state.
Northbrook is an affluent village on Chicago's North Shore, located at the northern edge of Cook County, Illinois, United States.When incorporated in 1901, the village was known as Shermerville in honor of Frederick Schermer, who donated the land for its first train station. The village changed its name to Northbrook in 1923 as an effort to improve its public image. The name was chosen because the West Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River runs through the Village. Glenbrook North High School, founded in 1953 as Glenbrook High School, is located in Northbrook. The village is also home to the Northbrook Park District, founded in 1927, Northbrook Court shopping mall, the Ed Rudolph Velodrome, the Chicago Curling Club, and the Northbrook Public Library.
Elgin is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Located roughly 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago, it lies along the Fox River. As of 2013, the city had a total population of 110,145, making it the eighth-largest city in Illinois.
The 224 area code lies within the Central Daylight Time Zone (or CDT). The current time in Central Daylight Time is 12:00 PM on May 02, 2024.