Village of Mount Prospect, Wheeling Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States

Overview of Mount Prospect

• Name:
  Mount Prospect
• Official Name:
  Village of Mount Prospect
• Also Known As:
  Mt. Prospect
  Village of Mt. Prospect
• Place Type:
  Incorporated Village
• Located In:
  Cook County, Illinois, United States
  

  Wheeling Township (50%)
  Elk Grove Township (50%)
  
• History (GNIS):
  Incorporated in 1917
• Surveys:
  Third Principal Meridian
  

  Range 11 East
  

  Townships: 41 North, 42 North
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:42.066416742° 03' 59.1"N

  Longitude:-87.937290887° 56' 14.2"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Prospect Heights 2 mi. N
  • Forest River 2.3 mi. E
  • Arlington Heights 2.7 mi. NW
  • Des Plaines (Maine Township) 3.6 mi. SE
  • Rolling Meadows (Palatine Township) 4.1 mi. W
  • Elk Grove Village (Elk Grove Township) 4.6 mi. S
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran 0.3 mi. NW
  • Memory Gardens (Arlington Heights) 1.5 mi. NW
  • English (Arlington Heights) 1.7 mi. NW
  • Saint Marys (Des Plaines) 2.3 mi. E
  • All Saints (Des Plaines, Maine Township) 2.3 mi. E
  • Elk Grove (Elk Grove Township) 3 mi. SW
  • Oak Wood (Northfield Township) 3.6 mi. NE
  • Saint Johns (Northfield Township) 4 mi. E
  • Ridgewood (Maine Township) 4.5 mi. E
  • Wheeling (Wheeling) 5.1 mi. N
  • Randhill Park 5.3 mi. NW
  • Shalom Memorial Park 5.3 mi. NW
• Population:
  55,303
• Elevation:
  204 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  164913859
• Updated Apr 19, 2020