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Wheeling is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago , it is primarily in Cook County, approximately 23 mi (37 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census , the population was 39,137. [ 4 ]
The original alignment followed (from south–north) what used to be part of IL 1, IL 140, IL 25, IL 44, IL 51, and IL 46 before terminating at US 12. [5] These state routes were eventually either truncated or removed as of 1935. [6] That same year, US 45 was extended north from Des Plaines, Illinois to Michigan.
Wheeling Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,487. [ 2 ] It is the northeasternmost and most populated of the six northwest Cook County townships that form the panhandle.
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States.It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north.
Buffalo Grove is a village in Lake and Cook Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Downtown Chicago and 20 miles (32 km) north of O'Hare International Airport.
Illinois's FIPS state code is 17 and its postal abbreviation is IL. What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time.
Water area is 2,325 square miles (6,020 km 2); Lake Michigan accounts for most of this. Charles Mound in the northwest Driftless Area is the highest point in the state at 1,235 feet (376 m) above sea level. The Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois is the lowest point, at 279 feet (85 m). Average elevation is 600 feet (180 m) above sea level.
Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK, FAA LID: PWK), formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights and the Village of Wheeling. [1] [2]