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Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Cook

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Population
  
90,923 (2010)

State
  
Illinois

Elevation
  
630 ft (192 m)

Local time
  
Sunday 1:28 AM

Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois

ZIP codes
  
60411, 60422, 60425, 60430, 60438, 60461, 60466, 60475, 60476

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 82% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Glenwood Woods, Homewood Historical Society, Wampum Lake Woods, Jurgensen Woods Nature Pr

Bloom Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 90,923.

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Map of Bloom Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bloom Township covers an area of 46.7 square miles (121.0 km2); of this, 46.4 square miles (120.3 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 0.59 percent, is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Chicago Heights
  • Flossmoor
  • Ford Heights
  • Glenwood (vast majority)
  • Homewood
  • Lansing
  • Lynwood
  • Olympia Fields
  • Park Forest
  • Sauk Village (vast majority)
  • South Chicago Heights
  • Steger

    • Adjacent townships

  • Thornton Township (north)
  • North Township, Lake County, Indiana (northeast)
  • St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana (east)
  • Crete Township, Will County (south)
  • Monee Township, Will County (southwest)
  • Rich Township (west)
  • Bremen Township (northwest)

    • Cemeteries

    The township contains these six cemeteries: Assumption, Bloom Presbyterian, Calvary, Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, Saint James Catholic and Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran.

    Major highways

  • U.S. Route 30
  • Illinois Route 1
  • Illinois Route 394

    • Airports and landing strips

  • Lansing Municipal Airport
  • Mulderink Heliport
  • Raeco Heliport
  • Saint James Hospital and Health Centers Heliport

    • Lakes

  • Sauk Lake

    • Landmarks

  • Cook County Forest Preserves

    • Political districts

  • Illinois' 2nd congressional district
  • State House District 29
  • State House District 30
  • State House District 80
  • State Senate District 15
  • State Senate District 40

    • References

    Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois Wikipedia
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