Place:Schaumburg, Cook, Illinois, United States

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NameSchaumburg
Alt namesSchaumbergsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS17017582
Schaumburg Centersource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS17017582
TypeVillage
Coordinates42.03°N 88.087°W
Located inCook, Illinois, United States
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Schaumburg is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. The city is a northwestern suburb of Chicago and is part of the Golden Corridor. Schaumburg is located roughly northwest of the Chicago Loop and approximately northwest of O'Hare International Airport. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,227.

The city contains the world headquarters of Motorola Solutions and one of only two IKEA stores in Illinois. It contains the Woodfield Mall, the 9th largest mall in America, which at most times has over 300 stores. Schaumburg's transition from a rural community to that of a suburban metropolis began with Alfred Campanelli's first large scale suburban-style development in 1959 and Woodfield Mall's opening on September 9, 1971.

Schaumburg is bordered by Hoffman Estates and Palatine, IL to the north, Rolling Meadows to the northeast, Elk Grove Village to the southeast, Roselle, IL to the south, Hanover Park to the southwest, and Streamwood to the west.

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