| Palatine is a
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It
is a northwestern residential suburb of Chicago. As
of the 2000 census, the village had a total population
of 65,479 (the 6th largest community in Cook County
and the 16th largest in the state of Illinois at that
time), and estimated to be 67,232 as of 2005.
George Ela was also one of the
first of a wave of pioneers to migrate to northern Illinois
following the Black Hawk War. A road which passes through
the western edge of Palatine is called Ela in his honor.
The Village of Palatine was founded in 1866. It was
built around a station on the new Chicago and North
Western Railway. Joel Wood surveyed and laid out the
village, earning him the title of Palatine's founder.
One of Palatine's original downtown
streets is named after Wood. A short line railroad,
the Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad, was
built in 1911, and began full passenger service to Wauconda,
Illinois in 1912. The line was finally closed in 1924
after a series of financial misfortunes and the improvement
of roads in the area. The PLZ&W provided transportation
to Dr. Wilson's Deer Grove Park, just north of Dundee
Road in Palatine.
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