Arlington Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern suburb of Chicago. It is located about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago]. A 2003 Census recount gave the village a population of 76,031, the largest for a village in the United States, with neighboring Schaumburg, Illinois not far behind in second place. It is also the twelfth largest municipality in the state of Illinois.
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What Makes Arlington Heights Unique?
- Arlington Park Race Track is a horse racing track and home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event. Arlington Park was host of the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002.
- Arlington Heights Memorial Library boasts one of the largest collections in the state (that includes books, ebooks, eaudiobooks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, games, puppets, premium web databases), housing more than 450,000 items and 1,100 newspaper and magazine subscriptions.
- Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (PAM) is a non-profit theater management company dedicated to providing quality entertainment and education to the Northwest Suburbs. They produce and present exceptional theater productions, develop a superior educational outreach program and collaborate with the community of Arlington Heights.
- Saint Viator High School is a Catholic co-educational secondary school in Arlington Heights, Illinois. It serves as a college preparatory school with approximately one-thousand students from the mid- and outer-northwest suburbs of Chicago. Part of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the school is run by the Clerics of Saint Viator.
- John Hersey High School or Hersey, is a public four-year high school located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Named after Hiroshima writer John Hersey, it is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, Prospect High School, Rolling Meadows High School, and Wheeling High School.
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