Rolling Meadows, Illinois Rolling Meadows, Illinois City of Rolling Meadows Seal of Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows is a town/city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
6.1 Rolling Meadows Park District 6.2 Salt Creek Rural Park District Rolling Meadows is positioned at 42 4 34 N 88 1 33 W (42.076209, -88.025911), 24 miles (39 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop.
According to the 2010 census, Rolling Meadows has a total region of 5.635 square miles (14.59 km2), of which 5.63 square miles (14.58 km2) (or 99.91%) is territory and 0.005 square miles (0.01 km2) (or 0.09%) is water. In 1836, Orrin Ford became the first landowner in the region that is now Rolling Meadows, staking his claim of 160 acres (0.65 km2) in an region known as Plum Grove.
In 1953, the first families moved into the development, which Hill titled Rolling Meadows, and 700 homes were sold by 1955, mostly to blue-collar workers.
He also established the Rolling Meadows Homeowners' Association and donated territory for parks, as well as funded the Clearbrook Center, which is a home for individuals with cognitive disabilities that opened in 1955.
Rolling Meadows incorporated as a town/city in 1955 and soon began annexing territory for future development.
Developers saturated the region with apartment buildings, and by 1970, multifamily dwellings made up 35 percent of the total structures in Rolling Meadows.
Rolling Meadows complexes, however, suffered from a series of fires in the decade, prompting the town/city to turn into more stringent in their building codes, which had allowed for frame multifamily structures.
Almost all of Rolling Meadows is served by Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15.
District 15 schools in Rolling Meadows include Central Road (K-6), Kimball Hill (K-6), Willow Bend (K-6), John G.
A very small portion is served by Arlington Heights School District 25, which includes Westgate Elementary School and South Middle School, where students then attend RMHS.
Another lesser portion is served by Schaumburg Consolidated School District 54 and WFHS, and a small portion extends into Community Consolidated School District 59; that portion has no residents.
About half of Rolling Meadows is served by Township High School District 214's Rolling Meadows High School.
The other half is served by Township High School District 211 by William Fremd High School in Palatine.
Colette School is a pre - K-8 Catholic school serving all of Rolling Meadows.
The Rolling Meadows Park District offers early childhood classes.
Rolling Meadows Park District The Rolling Meadows Park District was formed in 1958.
The park has been a finalist for the National Gold Medal award for excellence in parks and recreation management four times. The Salt Creek Rural Park District was formed in 1956 and operates under the Park District Code of Statutory Laws which directly governs the power, duties, and purposes relating to park districts in the State of Illinois.
Legal voters from the park precinct elect seven non-paid park commissioners.
The commissioners appoint a Director of Parks and Recreation to manage the day-to-day operations of the district.
The Director of Parks and Recreation hires experienced administrative staff to oversee the operation of parks, recreation facilities and recreation programs.
The precinct provides recreation and leisure services to the inhabitants that live inside the corporate boundaries of the district, which include parts of the village of Arlington Heights, Palatine, and the town/city of Rolling Meadows.
The City of Rolling Meadows.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Rolling Meadows city, Illinois".
Rolling Meadows Park District Salt Creek Rural Park District "From Iraq to Rolling Meadows: A soldier's tale".
City of Rolling Meadows official website Rolling Meadows Library Rolling Meadows Chamber of Commerce Rolling Meadows Park District Salt Creek Rural Park District
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