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Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Cook

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Local time
  
Thursday 9:15 PM

State
  
Illinois

Elevation
  
640 ft (195 m)

Population
  
110,118 (2010)

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ZIP codes
  
60406, 60426, 60428, 60429, 60430, 60445, 60452, 60462, 60463, 60469, 60472, 60477, 60478

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 64% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Capri Oak Forest Beauty C, John Amico School of, Regency Beauty Institute‑T

Bremen Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 110,118. It was organized in 1850 and is located southwest of Chicago in southern Cook County. An administrative office for Bremen Township is located at 16361 South Kedzie Parkway, Markham, Illinois.

Contents

Map of Bremen Township, IL, USA

This south suburban Cook County township includes the communities of:

  • Oak Forest
  • Midlothian
  • Posen
  • Robbins

    • As well as parts of:

  • Blue Island
  • Homewood
  • Orland Park
  • Tinley Park (which also has a large portion in Orland Township with smaller sections in Rich Township and Frankfort Township, Will County)
  • Crestwood (the remaining portion lies in Worth Township)
  • Hazel Crest (the remaining portion lies in both Thornton Township and Rich Township)
  • Markham (the remaining portion lies in Thornton Township)
  • Country Club Hills (the remaining portion lies in Rich Township)
  • Harvey (the extreme western edge of Harvey, the remaining 99% lies in Thornton Township)

    • Geography

    According to the United States Census Bureau, Bremen Township covers an area of 37.8 square miles (98.0 km2); of this, 37.7 square miles (97.7 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.30 percent, is water.

    Bremen Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) on the west, 135th Street on the north, Western Avenue on the east and 183rd Street on the south.

    Adjacent townships

  • Worth Township (north)
  • Calumet Township (northeast)
  • Thornton Township (east)
  • Bloom Township (southeast)
  • Rich Township (south)
  • Frankfort Township, Will County (southwest)
  • Orland Township (west)
  • Palos Township (northwest)

    • Cemeteries

    The township contains six cemeteries: Bachelor Grove, County, Lewis Memorial Park, Saint Gabriel Catholic, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran and Zion Lutheran.

    Major highways

  • Interstate 57
  • Interstate 80
  • Interstate 294
  • U.S. Route 6
  • Illinois Route 43
  • Illinois Route 50

    • Lakes

  • Dolphin Lake
  • Twin Lakes (Oak Forest)

    • Demographics

    At the time of the 2010 census, with a population of 110,575 residents, Bremen Township was:

  • White: 57.9%
  • Black: 32.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
  • Asian: 1.9%
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.03%
  • Some other race: 5.8%
  • Two or more races: 2.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race): 13.4%

    • Education

    The public high school district for most of Bremen Township is Bremen Community High School District 228 which includes Oak Forest High School, Bremen High School, Tinley Park High School, and Hillcrest High School.

    References

    Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA