According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 13.1 square miles (34.0 kmÂ²), of which, 13.0 square miles (33.6 kmÂ²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 kmÂ²) of it (0.99%) is water. Palatine's shape resembles that of the head of an axe.
Shoeless Joe Jackson's real name was Joseph Jefferson Jackson. He  played an outfielder in Major League Baseball in the early 1900's.
T.I., born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., borrowed his stage name from a nickname he shared with his grandfather. Although Gucci Mane has been known to wear full-on Gucci gear, that's not why the rapper goes by Gucci Mane: Gucci's grandmother gave his dad the name.