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The year was 1869. Ulysses S. Grant was sworn in as the 18th President of the United States. Mark Twain had just published "Innocents Abroad" and the tiny town of Highland Park, located in the southeast corner of Lake County, Illinois, was incorporated. Its population was listed at 500.

In 2000, the United States census calculated Highland Park's population to be 31,365 residents. Highland Park has grown to be a thriving community, diverse in its population and abundant in its educational, recreational and business opportunities.

Twenty-three miles north of the Chicago's Loop, the City of Highland Park is nestled along beautiful Lake Michigan for nearly five miles. Highland Park is bordered to the west by the City of Deerfield, with Glencoe to the south and Lake Bluff, Bannockburn, Highwood and Lake Forest to the north.