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Lemont Township, Cook County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Cook

ZIP codes
  
60439, 60464, 60480

Elevation
  
223 m

Population
  
21,113 (2010)

State
  
Illinois

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

GNIS feature ID
  
0429244

Area
  
54.57 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:40 AM

Lemont Township, Cook County, Illinois

Weather
  
-8°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 69% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Chicago Sanitary and Ship, Black Partridge Woods, Lemont Area Historical, St James Catholic Church a

Lemont Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 21,113.

Contents

Map of Lemont Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lemont Township covers an area of 21.07 square miles (54.6 km2); of this, 20.4 square miles (53 km2) (96.81 percent) is land and 0.67 square miles (1.7 km2) (3.19 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Lemont
  • Palos Park (west edge)
  • Willow Springs
  • Woodridge

    • Adjacent townships

  • Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (north)
  • Lyons Township (northeast)
  • Palos Township (east)
  • Orland Township (southeast)
  • Homer Township, Will County (south)
  • Lockport Township, Will County (southwest)
  • DuPage Township, Will County (west)

    • Cemeteries

    The township contains these four cemeteries: Bethany Lutheran, Danish, Mount Vernon Memorial Park and Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran.

    Major highways

  • Illinois Route 83
  • Illinois Route 171

    • Airports and landing strips

  • Lemont Fire Department Heliport
  • Lemont Industrial Park Airport

    • (Closed and demolished for residential subdivision)

    Rivers

  • Des Plaines River

    • Lakes

  • Goose Lake

    • Landmarks

  • Black Partridge Forest
  • Red Gate Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves)
  • Sag Quarries Forest Preserve
  • Tampier Slough Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves)

    • Political districts

  • Illinois's 13th congressional district
  • State House District 82
  • State Senate District 41

    • References

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


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