29 November 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Harmony Park in Downtown © panoramio.com – bogdanstepniak/cc-by-3.0
Arlington Heights is a municipality in
Cook County with a small portion in
Lake County in the
U.S. state of
Illinois. A
suburb of
Chicago, it lies about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the city’s downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the 2010 Census, it is the most populous community in the United States that is incorporated as a “village”, and is the
13th most populous municipality in Illinois, although it is not far ahead of its nearby Illinois neighboring villages of
Schaumburg and adjacent
Palatine. Arlington Heights is known for the former
Arlington Park Race Track, home of the
Arlington Million, a
Breeders’ Cup qualifying event; it also hosted the
Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in 2002. The village is also home to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, which has one of the largest collections of books in the state.
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