Palatine, Illinois

Village of Palatine
Village
Nickname(s):  P-ville, P-town
Motto:  A Real Hometown
Coordinates: 42°07′01″N 88°02′26″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Township	Palatine
Settled	1866
Government
• Mayor	Jim Schwantz
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Population  (2020)	67,908
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code	60038, 60055, 60067, 60074, 60078, 60094, 60095
Area code(s)	847, 224
Website	http://www.palatine.il.us/

Palatine is a village in the state of Illinois. It is north west of Chicago, the biggest city in Illinois. There were 67,908 people in Palatine in 2020.

History

Palatine was made in 1866, close to a train station that went to Chicago and other cities. The village has been growing a lot since the 1970s, like the other cities around Chicago.

People

Palatine has many different kinds of people. There are poor, normal, and rich people in the village. Some say there are over 100 languages spoken in Palatine.

In 2000, the number of people in Palatine was counted and was 65,479. There were 68,557 people in Palatine in 2010. There were 67,908 people in Palatine in 2020.

Education

Palatine has a lot of schools for the people. Palatine has two high schools, Palatine High School and William Fremd High School; and a college, William Rainey Harper College. The high schools, as well as the library, have gotten big awards from the whole country.

There are nine public elementary schools:

• Jane Addams School
• Hunting Ridge School
• Marion Jordan School
• Lake Louise School
• Lincoln School
• Pleasant Hill School
• Stuart R. Paddock School
• Gray M. Sanborn School
• Virginia Lake School

There is also a combined kindergarten-through-eighth grade school, Winston Campus, which is Winston Churchill School and Winston Park Junior High combined.

Palatine also has three preschool-through-eighth grade schools:

• Saint Theresa (Catholic)
• Saint Thomas of Villanova (Catholic)
• Immanuel Lutheran (Lutheran)