History of Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg is a village in Cook County, Illinois|Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 75,386. As of 2005, the population slightly dropped to 73,345. Schaumburg is considered one of the Top 10 places to live in the year 2006, due to its safe environment, wealthy residents, and booming commercial area.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
The village has the headquarters of Motorola. One of only two IKEA stores in Illinois is in Schaumburg. It contains the Woodfield Mall, which is the third largest mall in America in terms of shopping area. The village is also the home of the Schaumburg Flyers, a Northern League (baseball)|Northern League baseball team whose ballpark, Alexian Field, is located near the Elgin O'Hare Expressway. 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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 49.5 km² (19.1 square mile|mi²). 49.2 km² (19.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.63%) is water.
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