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Country
  
United States

County
  
Cook

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

Area
  
32.87 km²

Population
  
40,772 (2010)

State
  
Illinois

Established
  
1901

Elevation
  
187 m

Local time
  
Monday 7:31 PM

Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois

ZIP codes
  
60402, 60455, 60459 60629, 60638 60804

Weather
  
6°C, Wind NE at 18 km/h, 86% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Fox College, Northwestern College-Southwestern Campus

Points of interest
  
Haunted Trails Family A, Chicago Sanitary and Ship, Central Stickney Park Distr

Stickney Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,772, with approximately 71% of that total living in the city of Burbank (pop. 28,925).

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Map of Stickney Township, IL, USA

Township offices are located at 5635 W. State Road in Burbank. Other municipalities in the township include Stickney (pop. 6,786) and Forest View (pop. 698), and the largely industrial eastern half of Bedford Park, as well as some small portions of Bridgeview. The unincorporated communities of Central Stickney and Nottingham Park are also within the township. Stickney Township's approximate borders are Pershing Road (39th Street) on the north, Cicero Avenue on the east, 87th Street on the south, and Harlem Avenue on the west, excepting those areas in the Chicago communities of Garfield Ridge and Clearing (which include Chicago Midway International Airport), but also including the area between Laramie and Cicero Avenues as far north as 35th Street.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Stickney Township covers an area of 12.69 square miles (32.9 km2); of this, 12.51 square miles (32.4 km2) (98.57 percent) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2) (1.43 percent) is water.

Borders

Stickney Township is bordered on the north by Berwyn and Cicero townships, on the west by Lyons Township, and on the south by Worth Township. On the east, it is bordered by the Chicago communities of West Lawn and Ashburn. Stickney Township was originally part of Lake Township, until much of its area was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889; afterward, the remaining area became part of Lyons Township until 1901.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Central Stickney
  • Bedford Park (east three-quarters)
  • Bridgeview
  • Burbank
  • Forest View (vast majority)
  • Nottingham Park
  • Stickney
  • The southwest edge of the city of Chicago is within this township geographically but is a separate entity.

    Adjacent townships

  • Berwyn Township (north)
  • Cicero Township (north)
  • Worth Township (south)
  • Palos Township (southwest)
  • Lyons Township (west)
  • Riverside Township (northwest)
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains Mount Auburn Memorial Cemetery.

    Major highways

  • Interstate 55
  • Illinois Route 43
  • Airports and landing strips

  • Rose Packing Company Heliport
  • Politics

    Since 1973, the township supervisor has been Louis Viverito of Burbank; he has also served as the township's Cook County Democratic committeeman from 1969 to February 2007, and as an Illinois state senator from 1995 to 2011.

    Political districts

  • Illinois' 3rd congressional district
  • State House District 21
  • State House District 22
  • State House District 23
  • State House District 31
  • State Senate District 11
  • State Senate District 12
  • State Senate District 16
  • References

    Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois Wikipedia


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