Palatine Township is one of 29

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 112,994. It is the north central township of the six northwest townships that form the Cook County panhandle. Palatine Township was organized in 1850.

Geography

According to the

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, Palatine Township covers an area of ; of this, (99.04 percent) is land and (0.96 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Arlington Heights (Portions west of Wilke Road, like

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) * Barrington * Deer Park *

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Northeast area *

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* Rolling Meadows (north of Central Road) *

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* South Barrington

Adjacent townships

* Ela Township, Lake County (north) * Vernon Township, Lake County (northeast) * Wheeling Township (east) *

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(southeast) *

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(south) * Barrington Township (west) * Cuba Township, Lake County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Cady, Circle of Life, Deer Grove, German, Hillside, Immanuel Lutheran, Mount Hope, Saint Michael, Salem, Sutherland and Wolfum. Of these, the Township owns Cady, Hillside, Salem, Sutherland and Wolfum.

Major highways

U.S. Route 12 U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highways, United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) an ...

U.S. Route 14 U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...

Illinois Route 53 Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner, Illinois, Gardner to Illinois Rou ...

Illinois Route 62 Illinois Route 62 (IL 62) is a east–west state road in northeast Illinois. It runs from western Algonquin at IL 31 (Western Algonquin Bypass) to the intersection with IL 83 (Elmhurst Road) by industrial Mount Prospect. Route ...

Illinois Route 68 Illinois Route 68 (IL 68) is a east–west state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels east from IL 72 (Higgins Road) in the Dundee area to the concurrency of Interstate 94 (I-94)/U.S. Route ...

Lakes

* Baker Lake * Deer Grove Lake * Deer Lake * Hidden Lake * Inverness Lake * Lake Irene * Lake Louise * Lake Rossiter * Shadow Lake * Virginia Lake

Landmarks

* Barrington Forest Preserve (east three-quarters) * Deer Grove Forest Preserve *

William Rainey Harper College William Rainey Harper College is a Public college, public community college in Palatine, Illinois. It was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college m ...

Demographics

Government

;Supervisor :Andy-John G. Kalkounos ;Clerk :Lisa Moran ;Assessor :Terry Kelly ;Highway Commissioner :Aaron Del Mar ;Trustees :A. Christine Svenson :Leslie Bolanos :Michael Smolka :Bill Pohlman

Political districts

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* State House District 51 * State House District 54 * State House District 56 * State House District 57 * State House District 66 * State Senate District 26 * State Senate District 27 * State Senate District 28 * State Senate District 29 * State Senate District 33

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Palatine Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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