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Palatine, Illinois

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Palatine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60067. The Survey maps it on the Palatine quadrangle. 67,908 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Palatine within Cook County

On record in Palatine

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Palatine fell from 68,557 to 67,908 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201068,557
202067,908-649 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

10,882 words on this township

History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Palatine Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The town affairs were managed under this incorporation until 1869. On the 25th of March, of this vear, an act to incorporate the town of Palatine was approved by the Governor. Section 3 of this act is as follows: "That all those tracts of land embraced withiu the following boundaries to wit: Commencing at the center of Section 23, Township 42, Ranjre 10 east, thence north to the center of Section U, thence west to the center of Section 15, thence south to tho center of Section 22, thence east to the center of Section 23 to the place of beginning, be, aud the same are hercbv declared to be within the limits or boundaries of said town of Palatine." Section 4 appointed Israel Smith, Joel Wood, Labau Putnam. Henry C. Batteruiau and Timothy Dean the first Board of Trustees under the act, and provided that an election be held ou the third Monday of March, and on that day of each vear thereafter, for five Trustees.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

At the present time Palatine contains rive dry-goods stores, two hardware stores, two drug stores, three wagon and blacksmith shops, two (louring mills, one asl.eam.thcothera wind mill, the former having a planing mill and a sash, door and blind factory, and a population of about one thousand inhabitants, while the population of the whole township is about two thousand.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

J. T. GARRISON. P.O. Klgin. was born in Tompkins County, N. V., win of Joseph and Margaret damson. In early life he was engaged in farming and lumbering. In 1*57 he came to Illinois and located in Vernon, Lake County, where he remained for about eleven year.-. In 18153 and lNel he was In Chicago, engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, removing in 1*08 to Palatine, on a farm in Section 10, containing 155 acres. In 1«73 sold his farm and moved to Palatine Village, and cngngi-d in the grain business until 1H81. and now owns the grain elevator occupied bv M. 11. Lytic k Co. The elevator ha* a capacity of 20IHKI bushels. He was Assessor of Palatine in 1872 a ml '1878, and trustee ol the school fund for about six years. He was Commissioner jn Lake County for seven year-, and has held various other town offices. In he came to Klgin, mid has been since engaged in the real estate business, and then' owns property, lie was married in IkTiO to Miss Lanah Gardner, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Gardner: thev have three children - Sarah A., Charles and l,ewis It. They were member) of the Free-Will Baptist Church, but then- Iwing no Chur.-h r.r that denomination where they now reside, thev attend the Congregational Church.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Palatine Township - it names this place 39 more 39 times.

Fires near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Palatine in 2012, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 July 2012Fireworks19 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-0848

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Palatine: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Palatine City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rolling Meadows Dept of Public WorkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

Storms near this place

35 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palatine in 35 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011LightningPalatine$150,000A townhome was struck by lightning and was declared uninhabitable due to extensive smoke and water damage. Minor damage was reported to the two adjacent units.
May 2011LightningPalatine$35,000Lightning struck a house in the 800 block of Fremont Avenue, which started a fire in the attic.
June 2014LightningPalatine$25,000A home on the 1600 block of Balmoral Lane was struck by lightning but did not catch fire.
July 2011LightningPalatine$5,000Lightning struck the roof of an apartment near Dundee Road and Route 53. There was smoke in the attic but no fire.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPalatine$1,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPalatine-Numerous tree branches, most multiple inches in diameter, were broken southeast of Palatine. Additionally, at least one tree was split at its trunk and another was uprooted.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindPalatine-A private weather station, KILPALAT112, reported a 82 mph gust northwest of Palatine.
April 2023HailPalatine-Multiple reports of quarter to golf ball size hail were received from Palatine. Ping pong ball size hail was reported near Rohlwing and Palatine Roads.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindPalatine-A large tree limb was blown down on Kerwood Street.
June 2022HailPalatine-Quarter size hail was reported at Route 53 and Lake Cook Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPalatine-Several trees and tree limbs were blown down in Palatine. At least one road was blocked by a fallen tree.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPalatine-A large tree limb was blown down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPalatine-Large trees were blown down.
April 2014HailPalatine-Numerous reports of hail to the size of golf balls came in from the Palatine area.
August 2012HailPalatine-Quarter size hail was reported near Algonquin and Roselle Roads.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPalatine-Tree branches up to 8 inches in diameter were blown down.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindPalatine-A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down along with numerous tree limbs.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPalatine-Tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A power line sparked a fire at a resale shop.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPalatine-Two foot diameter trees were blown down. Numerous large tree limbs, 12 inches in diameter, were blown down. Some limbs fell onto houses.
September 2005HailPalatine-Quarter size hail was reported near Route 53 and Baldwin Roads.
August 2025HailPalatine-no account filed
April 2023HailPalatine-no account filed
June 2019HailPalatine-no account filed
May 2014HailPalatine-no account filed
August 2011HailPalatine-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPalatine-no account filed
April 2008HailPalatine-no account filed
May 2007HailPalatine-no account filed
May 2006HailPalatine-no account filed
October 2006HailPalatine-no account filed
October 2006HailPalatine-no account filed
October 2006HailPalatine-no account filed
October 2006HailPalatine-no account filed
June 2005HailPalatine-no account filed
July 2003HailPalatine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cook County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Heatherlea1.4 miles21
Plum Grove Village1.6 miles22
Winthrop Village1.7 miles22
Pepper Tree1.8 miles21
Lake Park Estates1.9 miles21
Staples Corner2.1 miles21
Rolling Meadows2.1 miles22
Capri Village2.2 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on PalatineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q998726The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415302. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.