Elk Grove Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 92,905. Elk Grove Township formerly housed the United Airlines headquarters. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Elk Grove Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 1.48 percent, is water. Cities, towns, villages Arlington Heights Des Plaines (west edge) Elk Grove Village Mount Prospect (southern portions) Rolling Meadows Schaumburg (east edge) Unincorporated Towns Schnells Corner at Adjacent townships Wheeling Township (north) Maine Township (east) Addison Township, DuPage County (south) Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (southwest) Schaumburg Township (west) Palatine Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains Elk Grove Cemetery. Major highways Interstate 90 Interstate 290 U.S. Route 14 Illinois Route 53 Illinois Route 58 Illinois Route 62 Illinois Route 72 Illinois Route 83 Lakes Fountain Lake Fred Hasse Lake Landmarks Busse Woods Forest Preserve (vast majority) O'Hare International Airport United States Highway Army Reserve Center, Arlington Heights Elk Grove High School Rolling Meadows High School Demographics School districts City of Chicago School District 299 Township High School District 214 Community Consolidated School District 59 Political districts Illinois's 6th congressional district State House District 65 State House District 66 State Senate District 33 Economy Elk Grove Township formerly had the corporate headquarters of United Airlines. In 2006 United Airlines announced that it would be moving its headquarters and its 350 top executives from Elk Grove Township to 77 West Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. After the City of Chicago gave additional financial incentives, United proceeded to schedule a move of its remaining employees out of the former Elk Grove Township headquarters into the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) in Chicago in the northern hemisphere of fall 2010. Monica Davey of The New York Times said that the move may have contributed to United's decision to base the new merged airline out of Chicago instead of Houston. The former headquarters is now a part of Mount Prospect, which annexed the land in the 2010s. In December 2021, it was reported that United would sell the campus to CloudHQ, which plans to build a data center. References United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links Elk Grove Township official website City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Cook County official site Townships in Cook County, Illinois Townships in Illinois