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Palatine's population has increased from 65,479 in 2000 to 68,557 per the 2010 census - (a 4.7 percent increase).

Palatine is in a wooded marshland where several streams rise around the village. Most of these streams meet up with the  Salt Creek which rises at Wilke Marsh on the village's east side.  A small part of the east and southeast sides lies in the McDonald Creek watershed. As a consequence, floods occur now and then in Palatine - and some homes have issues with water in their basement during heavy rains when the storm sewers can't handle all the water.  The Village of Palatine was founded in 1866.  Joel Wood surveyed and laid out the village, earning him the title of Palatine's founder. One of Palatine's  downtown streets is named after Wood.

Palatine was home to the Cook County Fair from 1914 to 1931. The fairgrounds are now a sub-division with a name that pays tribute to Palatine's former fairgrounds.

n 1993, a multiple-homicide--the Brown's Chicken massacre -  received national attention.

Palatine has been in the process of revitalizing its downtown area since December 1999^.   Palatine created a new train station and a nearby parking garage, and several new condo rowhomes, and commercial buildings have been constructed.

In 2008, Palatine made news by threatening to secede from Cook County over a sales tax hike.   As a result of the tax hike, Palatine's sales tax is 10% - one of the United States' highest sales tax rates.

In 2009, residents of Palatine Township (which includes the village of Palatine) overwhemingly voted to pass an advisory referendum stating that they would like to secede from Cook County.

Palatine is part of Illinois' School District 15 and 211 -- Palatine and William Fremd High School respectively.     William Rainey Harper College is a community college in Palatine.  

Both high schools and the college, as well as the public library, have received high national honors. There are two public junior high schools in Palatine, Walter R. Sundling Junior High, and Winston Campus, which includes a junior high school and an elementary school. Some junior high students attend Plum Grove Junior High in Rolling Meadows just outside the Palatine village limits. There are a total of ten public elementary schools in Palatine:

• Winston Campus School (K-8)
• 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

Palatine also has three Preschool - 8th grade parochial schools:

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

Quest Academy, a private Preschool to 8th grade school for gifted children is located in Palatine.

The Palatine Park District serves 85,000 residents within the Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and Barrington communities. It is governed by five elected Park Commissioners who oversee a professional staff.

The Palatine Park District operates four swimming pools (Family Aquatic Center, Birchwood, Eagle and Willow) for its residents as well as two recreational centers (Community Center & Birchwood). Planning is currently underway for a third rec center at Falcon Park.

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