Arlington Heights (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1887 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Cook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 6 ′ N , 87 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
76,031 (status: 2000) 9,572,572 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,793.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 42.5 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of which 42.4 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Postcodes : | 60004-60009 | ||
| Area code : | +1 847 & 224 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-02154 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 403611 | ||
| Website : | www.vah.com | ||
| Mayor : | Arlene Mulder | ||
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Arlington Heights is a village in Cook County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . Arlington Heights is located in the metropolitan area to Chicago . With its population of 76,031 in 2003, it is the largest village in the United States, followed by the neighboring parish of Schaumburg .
The village is particularly known for the Arlington Park horse racing track .
geography
Arlington Heights is a suburb of Chicago and is 25 miles northwest of the city on US Highway 14 . This is also where the highest natural elevation in the state of Illinois is located - Nickol Knoll. There is a golf course on it.
history
When the General Land Office began selling land in the area in 1835, most of the buyers were Yankees . In 1853, William Dunton persuaded the Union Pacific Railroad to build a station here and founded a town called Dunton.
When the village was incorporated as Arlington Heights in 1887, its population was already over 1,000. Most of the residents were farmers, but there were also residents who worked in Chicago. Arlington Heights was a commuter suburb early on.
The village soon developed religious institutions that reflected the origins of the inhabitants. The first churches were Presbyterian (1856) and Methodist (1858), followed by a German Lutheran Church in 1860. The Catholics had no church until 1905.
At the turn of the century, Arlington Heights had around 1,400 residents. Around 1927, California millionaire Harry D. "Curly" Brown founded the racecourse on land that previously consisted of 12 farms. The population grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, when large sections of the population bought a car and Chicago's economy developed rapidly. By 1970 the population grew to 64,884 through some incorporations .
Demographics
According to the United States Census 2000 , 76,031 people lived in 30,763 households. The population was made up of 90.56% white, 5.98% Asian and 0.96% black. Hispanics or Latinos made up 4.46% of the population. The per capita income was $ 33,544 and 2.5% of the population was below the poverty line .
traffic
Arlington Heights has two stops on the Union Pacific / Northwest Line of METRA , which ensure a daily service between Harvard and Chicago . The town is connected to Interstate 90 and Illinois State Route 53 (northern extension of Interstate 290 ), which provides connections to nearby O'Hare International Airport , the city of Chicago and other suburbs.
sons and daughters of the town
- Lee Strobel (* 1952), journalist, pastor and book author
- Todd Wagoner (born 1965), figure skater
- Jami Attenberg (* 1971), writer
- Peter Andrew Kwasniewski (* 1971), philosopher
- Linda Wild (* 1971), tennis player
- Shannon Dunn (born 1972), snowboarder
- Brian McBride (born 1972), football player
- Andrew Berenzweig (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Tim McIlrath (* 1978), lead singer of the band Rise Against
- Tom Preissing (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Jeff LoVecchio (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Jonathan Spector (born 1986), football player
- Jimmy Garoppolo (born 1991), American football player