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Des Plaines, Illinois
Des Plaines
is a city in
Cook County
,
Illinois
,
United States
. The city motto is "Good Move." As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 58,364. It is a
suburb
of
Chicago
and is next to
O'Hare International Airport
. The
Des Plaines River
runs through the city, just east of its downtown area. Des Plaines is the home of the first franchised
McDonald's
opened by
Ray Kroc
in 1955, which is preserved as a
museum
on Lee Street, north of downtown.
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