Barrington Township, Cook County, Illinois

Barrington Township
—  Township  —
Location in Cook County
Cook County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°06′41″N 88°10′46″W / 42.11139°N 88.17944°W / 42.11139; -88.17944Coordinates: 42°06′41″N 88°10′46″W / 42.11139°N 88.17944°W / 42.11139; -88.17944
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Government
• Supervisor	Eugene "Gene" Dawson
• Supervisor Eugene Dawson Town Clerk D. Robert Alberding Assessor Amy Nykaza Tax Collector Linda Post Trustees Daniel Fitzgerald Robert A Nykaza, Jr. Michael W. Ryan Ronald F. Szymanski .
Area
• Total	36.02 sq mi (93.3 km2)
• Land	34.98 sq mi (90.6 km2)
• Water	1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2)  2.89%
Elevation	883 ft (269 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	14,026
• Density	401/sq mi (154.8/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60010, 60118, 60192, 60195
GNIS feature ID	0428638
Town Clerk - D. Robert Alberding; Trustees - Robert A Nykaza, JR., Michael W. Ryan, Ronald F. Szymanski, Kathleen J. Thompson; Assessor - Amy Nykaza

Barrington Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 14,026^[1]. The northwestern corner of the Cook County panhandle, it is the county's northwesternmost township.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Barrington Township covers an area of 36.02 square miles (93.3 km²); of this, 34.98 square miles (90.6 km²) (97.11 percent) is land and 1.04 square miles (2.7 km²) (2.89 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Barrington
• Barrington Hills (south three-quarters)
• East Dundee
• Hoffman Estates
• Inverness (west quarter)
• South Barrington

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Evergreen and Union.

Major highways

• Interstate 90
• U.S. Route 14
• Illinois Route 59
• Illinois Route 62
• Illinois Route 68
• Illinois Route 72

Airports and landing strips

• Allstate Commercial Plaza Heliport
• Mill Rose Farm RLA Airport
• Rose Number 2 Heliport

Lakes

• Beverly Lake
• Crabtree Lake
• Dana Lake
• Goose Lake
• Hawley Lake
• Hawthorne Lake
• Heather Lake
• Keene Lake
• Lacey Lake
• Mirror Lake
• Mud Lake
• Spring Lake
• Stephanie Lake

Landmarks

• Barrington Forest Preserve (west quarter)
• Cook County-Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve
• Crabtree Nature Center (Cook County Forest Preserve)
• Prairie Stone Business Park

School districts

• Barrington Community Unit School District 220
• Community Unit School District 300
• School District 46

Political districts

• Illinois' 8th congressional district
• State House District 52
• State House District 54
• State Senate District 26
• State Senate District 27

References

• "Barrington Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428638. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois
• Cook County Official Site

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