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Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Cook

GNIS feature ID
  
0429520

Area
  
93.34 km²

University
  
Harper College

State
  
Illinois

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
228 m

Local time
  
Monday 11:35 PM

Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois

ZIP codes
  
60004, 60005, 60008, 60010, 60067, 60074, 60173, 60195

Weather
  
5°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 73% Humidity

Palatine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. 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.

Contents

Map of Palatine Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Palatine Township covers an area of 36.04 square miles (93.3 km2); of this, 35.69 square miles (92.4 km2) (99.04 percent) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.91 km2) (0.96 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Arlington Heights (Portions west of Wilke Road, like Arlington Park)
  • Barrington
  • Deer Park
  • Hoffman Estates Northeast area
  • Inverness
  • Palatine
  • Rolling Meadows (north of Central Road)
  • Schaumburg
  • South Barrington
  • Adjacent townships

  • Ela Township, Lake County (north)
  • Vernon Township, Lake County (northeast)
  • Wheeling Township (east)
  • Elk Grove Township (southeast)
  • Schaumburg Township (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 14
  • Illinois Route 53
  • Illinois Route 62
  • Illinois Route 68
  • 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
  • Arlington Park
  • Government

    Supervisor - Sharon Langlotz-Johnson
    Town Clerk - Lisa Moran
    Assessor - Terry Kelly
    Highway Commissioner - Aaron Del Mar
    Trustee - Art Goes
    Trustee - William G. Huley
    Trustee - Susan Kern
    Trustee - Bill Pohlman

    Political districts

  • Illinois' 8th congressional district
  • Illinois' 6th congressional district
  • State House District 51
  • State House District 54
  • State House District 56
  • State House District 66
  • State Senate District 26
  • State Senate District 27
  • State Senate District 28
  • State Senate District 33
  • References

    Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois Wikipedia