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Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Kankakee

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Area
  
98.37 km²

Population
  
5,157 (2010)

State
  
Illinois

Established
  
May 9, 1853

Elevation
  
184 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:56 PM

Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois

ZIP codes
  
60901, 60910, 60954, 60964

Weather
  
3°C, Wind W at 50 km/h, 77% Humidity

Aroma Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,157 and it contained 2,203 housing units.

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Map of Aroma Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.98 square miles (98.4 km2), of which 37.06 square miles (96.0 km2) (or 97.58%) is land and 0.92 square miles (2.4 km2) (or 2.42%) is water.

Aroma township includes the Iroquois Woods Nature Preserve and Strasma Park.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Aroma Park (vast majority)
  • Kankakee (east edge)
  • Sammons Point (east edge)
  • Sun River Terrace (southwest quarter)
  • Adjacent townships

  • Ganeer Township (northeast)
  • St. Anne Township (southeast)
  • Papineau Township, Iroquois County (south)
  • Chebanse Township, Iroquois County (southwest)
  • Kankakee Township (west)
  • Otto Township (west)
  • Bourbonnais Township (northwest)
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains these six cemeteries: Aroma Park, B'nai Israel, Bebe Family, Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Flower, and Leggtown.

    Major highways

  • Illinois Route 1
  • Illinois Route 17
  • Government

    The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 3955 South 3250 East Road, St. Anne, IL 60964.

    Political districts

  • Illinois' 11th congressional district
  • State House District 79
  • State Senate District 40
  • School districts

  • Kankakee School District 111
  • Momence Community Unit School District 1
  • References

    Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois Wikipedia