Mount Prospect

Mount Prospect is a in , United States. It is part of Elk Grove and Wheeling townships, about 20 miles northwest of downtown and approximately 4 miles north of .
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  • Type: Town with 56,900 residents
  • Description: village in Elk Grove and Wheeling Townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Mount Prospect, IL”, “Mount Prospect, Illinois”, and “Village of Mount Prospect”
  • Postal code: 60056
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Prospect station and Mount Prospect Public Library.

Railway station
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Mount Prospect is a station on 's Union Pacific Northwest Line located in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The station is located at 13 E. Northwest Highway near its intersection with Main St.

Library
The is a public library located in Mount Prospect, Illinois, United States, a suburb of . A staff of 171 full and part-time employees work at the Library, in more than a dozen areas throughout the 101,000-square-foot facility.

Railway station
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is one of two commuter railroad stations on 's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the city of . It is officially located at 475 East Northwest Highway, and lies 18.2 miles from in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington Heights and Prospect Heights.

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is a city in northeastern . The 2010 Census put the population at 75,101, the largest for a village in the United States. is known for the Arlington Park Race Track as well as a large Japanese community, third in the state behind neighboring and proper.

Village
is a city in , United States, and is a suburb of . Per the 2020 census, the population was 16,058.

Mount Prospect

Latitude
42.0664° or 42° 3′ 59″ north
Longitude
-87.9373° or 87° 56′ 14″ west
Population
56,900
Elevation
669 feet (204 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MUP
Open location code
86JJ3387+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153423985
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4903024
Wiki­data ID
Q995793
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mount Prospect” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مونت بروسبكت”
  • Basque: “Mount Prospect”
  • Catalan: “Mount Prospect”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Prospect”
  • Chinese: “Mount Prospect”
  • Chinese: “芒特普罗斯佩克特”
  • Danish: “Mount Prospect”
  • Dutch: “Mount Prospect”
  • French: “Mount Prospect”
  • German: “Mount Prospect”
  • Gilaki: “ماؤنت پراسپکت (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “ماؤنت پراسپکت”
  • Haitian: “Mount Prospect, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Mount Prospect”
  • Hebrew: “מאונט פרוספקט”
  • Indonesian: “Mount Prospect, Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Mount Prospect”
  • Irish: “Mount Prospect”
  • Italian: “Mount Prospect”
  • Japanese: “マウント・プロスペクト”
  • Japanese: “マウントプロスペクト”
  • Ladin: “Mount Prospect”
  • Mazanderani: “مونت‌پراسپکت (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “مونت‌پراسپکت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mount Prospect”
  • Newari: “माउन्ट प्रोस्पेक्ट, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “माउन्ट प्रोस्पेक्ट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Prospect”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Prospect”
  • Persian: “مونت‌پراسپکت، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “مونت‌پراسپکت”
  • Polish: “Mount Prospect”
  • Portuguese: “Mount Prospect”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Проспект (Иллинойс)”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Проспект”
  • Serbian: “Маунт Проспект”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mount Prospect, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mount Prospect”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مونت‌پراسپکت، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Mount Prospect (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Mount Prospect”
  • Swedish: “Mount Prospect”
  • Turkish: “Mount Prospect, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Mount Prospect”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунт-Проспект”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ پراسپیکٹ، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ پراسپیکٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Mount Prospect, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Mount Prospect”
  • Volapük: “Mount Prospect”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mount Prospect, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mount Prospect”
  • Welsh: “Mount Prospect, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Mount Prospect”

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