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Palatine Township
— Township —
Location in Cook County
Coordinates: 42°06′38″N 88°03′47″W / 42.11056°N 88.06306°W / 42.11056; -88.06306
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
- Total	36.04 sq mi (93.34 km²)
- Land	35.69 sq mi (92.44 km²)
- Water	0.35 sq mi (0.9 km²) 0.96%
Elevation	748 ft (228 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	112,740
- Density	3,158.9/sq mi (1,219.6/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60004, 60005, 60008, 60010, 60067, 60074, 60173, 60195
GNIS feature ID	0429520

Palatine Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 112,740^[1].

1 Geography
2 Political districts
3 References
4 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Palatine Township covers an area of 36.04 square miles (93.34 square kilometers); of this, 35.69 square miles (92.44 square kilometers, 99.04 percent) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 square kilometers, 0.96 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Arlington Heights (Places west of Wilke Rd, like Arlington Park)
Barrington
Deer Park
Hoffman Estates
Inverness
Palatine (vast majority)
Rolling Meadows (north three-quarters)
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 ten cemeteries: Cady, Circle of life, Deer Grove, Germam, Hillside, Immanuel Lutheran, Mount Hope, Saint Michael, Salem and Sutherland.

Major highways

Lakes

Deer Grove Lake
Deer Lake
Hidden Lake
Shadow Lake
Virginia Lake

Landmarks

Barrington Forest Preserve (east three-quarters)
Deer Grove Forest Preserve
William Rainey Harper College
Arlington Park

Political districts

Illinois' 8th 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

^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois

County seat: Chicago

Cities	Berwyn \| Blue Island \| Burbank \| Calumet City \| Chicago Heights \| Chicago‡ \| Country Club Hills \| Countryside \| Des Plaines \| Elgin‡ \| Elmhurst‡ \| Evanston \| Harvey \| Hickory Hills \| Hometown \| Markham \| Northlake \| Oak Forest \| Palos Heights \| Palos Hills \| Park Ridge \| Prospect Heights \| Rolling Meadows

Town	Cicero

Villages	Alsip \| Arlington Heights‡ \| Barrington Hills‡ \| Barrington‡ \| Bartlett‡ \| Bedford Park \| Bellwood \| Bensenville‡ \| Berkeley \| Bridgeview \| Broadview \| Brookfield \| Buffalo Grove‡ \| Burnham \| Burr Ridge‡ \| Calumet Park \| Chicago Ridge \| Crestwood \| Deerfield‡ \| Deer Park‡ \| Dixmoor \| Dolton \| East Hazel Crest \| East Dundee‡ \| Elk Grove Village‡ \| Elmwood Park \| Evergreen Park \| Flossmoor \| Ford Heights \| Forest Park \| Forest View \| Frankfort‡ \| Franklin Park \| Glencoe \| Glenview \| Glenwood \| Golf \| Hanover Park‡ \| Harwood Heights \| Hazel Crest \| Hillside \| Hinsdale‡ \| Hodgkins \| Hoffman Estates‡ \| Homewood \| Indian Head Park \| Inverness \| Justice \| Kenilworth \| La Grange Park \| La Grange \| Lansing \| Lemont‡ \| Lincolnwood \| Lynwood \| Lyons \| Matteson‡ \| Maywood \| McCook \| Melrose Park \| Merrionette Park \| Midlothian \| Morton Grove \| Mount Prospect \| Niles \| Norridge \| North Riverside \| Northbrook \| Northfield \| Oak Brook‡ \| Oak Lawn \| Oak Park \| Olympia Fields \| Orland Hills \| Orland Park‡ \| Palatine \| Palos Park \| Park Forest‡ \| Phoenix \| Posen \| Richton Park \| River Forest \| River Grove \| Riverdale \| Riverside \| Robbins \| Roselle‡ \| Rosemont \| Sauk Village‡ \| Schaumburg‡ \| Schiller Park \| Skokie \| South Barrington \| South Chicago Heights \| South Holland \| Steger‡ \| Stickney \| Stone Park \| Streamwood \| Summit \| Thornton \| Tinley Park‡ \| University Park‡ \| Westchester \| Western Springs \| Wheeling‡ \| Willow Springs‡ \| Wilmette \| Winnetka \| Woodridge‡ \| Worth

Townships	Barrington \| Berwyn \| Bloom \| Bremen \| Calumet \| Cicero \| Elk Grove \| Evanston \| Hanover \| Lemont \| Leyden \| Lyons \| Maine \| New Trier \| Niles \| Northfield \| Norwood Park \| Oak Park \| Orland \| Palatine \| Palos \| Proviso \| Rich \| River Forest \| Riverside \| Schaumburg \| Stickney \| Thornton \| Wheeling \| Worth

Unincorporated communities	Hines \| La Grange Highlands

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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