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Mount Prospect offers an active business community, good schools, and excellent library and park districts. There are many small specialty shops and restaurants in the downtown area.
According to the 2000 census, Mount Prospect has a population of 56,265. At the corner of Central Road and Main Street in downtown Mount Prospect, the elevation is 660.5 ft. above sea level. The Village is located at 42 degrees, 31 minutes north latitude and 87 degree, 56 minutes west longitude.
The Village Tree is the Euonymous alatus (a.k.a. Burning Bush) and the Village flower is the Snap Dragon.
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Village of Mount Prospect
50 S. Emerson Street
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
847-392-6000
Mount Prospect Police Department
112 E. Northwest Hwy.
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
847-870-5656
Emergency: 9-1-1
Mount Prospect Fire Department
847-870-5666
Emergency: 9-1-1
Post Office
300 W Central Road
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
847-392-2731
M-F 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sat 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Social Security Office
215 South Elmhurst Road
Prospect Heights, IL 60070
1-800-772-1213
M-F 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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