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.
Jackson was born in Los Angeles, California, to O'Shea Jackson Sr, better known as Ice Cube, and Kimberly Woodruff. Jackson was raised in the San Fernando Valley, and is the oldest of four. He has two brothers, Darrell and Shareef, and a younger sister, Kareema.