Palatine, Illinois, is the seventh largest community in Cook County and is approximately 30 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, Illinois.

Palatine is about a one hour drive from Chicago and is located just east of Lake-Cook Road and Route 12 which is accessible via the I-90 or I-94 Expressways.

A Metra station is located on the Union Pacific Northwest line which runs to and from the city of Chicago.  Palatine was founded in 1866 and has grown into a sprawling metropolitan area that neighbors Arlington Heights.  Mayor Jim Schwantz, is a former linebacker with the Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, and Dallas Cowboys.

Serving the counties of Cook and DuPage and Lake Zurich, Glenview, Kildeer, Glencoe, Deer Park, Wilmette, Inverness, Winnetka, Hawthorn, Woods, Northfield, Long Grove, Kenilworth, Mundelein, Evanston, Vernon Hills, Arlington Heights, Lincolnshire, Rolling Meadows, Wheeling,     Prospect Heights, Deerfield, Hoffman Estates, Northbrook , Schaumburg, Highwood, Streamwood, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Mettawa and Green Oaks.