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Palos Hills, Illinois

Palos Hills is in Cook County.

About Palos Hills, Illinois

A primarily residential southwest Chicago suburb in Cook County, home to Moraine Valley Community College and bordered by extensive Cook County forest preserve land.

History of Palos Hills

• The city is named after Palos de la Frontera, Spain, the port from which Christopher Columbus set sail.

Landmarks and Places in Palos Hills

• Moraine Valley Community College. One of the largest community colleges in Illinois, main campus on College Parkway.
• Amos Alonzo Stagg High School. Consolidated High School District 230 school serving the city.
• Palos Hills Municipal Golf Course. City-run nine-hole course on prairie grasses along Stony Creek.
• Cook County Forest Preserve lands. The city's western edge adjoins forest preserve land on Mount Forest Island glacial uplands.
• Palos Hills Municipal Golf Course. Nine-hole course with driving platforms, putting green, and clubhouse.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, www.paloshillsweb.org, www.paloshillsweb.org

More About Palos Hills

Palos Hills was established in 1958.

It covers about 4.3 square miles, and its neighbors include Palos Park, Palos Heights, Worth, Bridgeview and Hickory Hills.

A mayor, clerk and treasurer are elected citywide, along with 10 aldermen from five two-member wards.

North Palos School District 117 and Palos School District 118 serve its younger students, and every part of the city is zoned to Palos South Middle School in Palos Park.

The North Palos Fire Protection District runs two fire stations in the city.

Koraes Elementary School is a private preschool-through-eighth-grade school in Palos Hills.

Pace buses connect the city with other Southland communities.

Source: en.wikipedia.org