Palos Township, Cook County, Illinois

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Palos Township
— Township —
Location in Cook County
Cook County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°41′05″N 87°51′11″W / 41.68472°N 87.85306°W / 41.68472; -87.85306Coordinates: 41°41′05″N 87°51′11″W / 41.68472°N 87.85306°W / 41.68472; -87.85306
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
– Total	35.37 sq mi (91.62 km²)
– Land	33.91 sq mi (87.83 km²)
– Water	1.46 sq mi (3.79 km²) 4.14%
Elevation	604 ft (184 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	53,419
– Density	1,575.3/sq mi (608.2/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60415, 60439, 60455, 60457, 60462, 60463, 60464, 60465, 60480, 60482
GNIS feature ID	0429523

Palos Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 53,419^[1].

Contents

1 Geography
2 Education
3 Political districts
4 References
5 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Palos Township covers an area of 35.37 square miles (91.6 km²); of this, 33.91 square miles (87.8 km²) (95.86 percent) is land and 1.46 square miles (3.8 km²) (4.14 percent) is water.

Boundaries

Palos Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) on the east, 135th Street on the south, Will-Cook Rood on the west and 87th Street on the north. The northwest border with DuPage County is along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) which connects Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River.

Cities, towns, villages

Bridgeview (south quarter)
Hickory Hills (south three-quarters)
Orland Park
Palos Heights (west half)
Palos Hills
Palos Park
Willow Springs
Worth (west quarter)

Adjacent townships

Lyons Township (north)
Stickney Township (northeast)
Worth Township (east)
Bremen Township (southeast)
Orland Township (south)
Homer Township, Will County (southwest)
Lemont Township (west)
Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Fairmount, Oak Hill and Sacred Heart Catholic.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Palos Community Hospital Heliport

Lakes

Bull Frog Lake
Hambone Lake
Horsetail Lake
Maple Lake
Papoose Lake
Tuma Lake

Landmarks

Orland Grove Forest Preserve
Palos Sag-Valley Forest Preserve

These Cook County Forest Preserves woods:

Burr Oak Woods (west quarter)
Cherry Cliff Woods
Crooked Creek Woods
Forty Acres Woods
Groundhog Slough Woods
Henry De Tonty
Hickory Hills Woods
Hidden Pond Woods
Mcclaughry Springs Woods
Mcmahon Woods
Paddock Woods
Palos Park Woods
Paw Paw Woods
Pioneer Woods
Pulaski Woods
Saganashkee Slough Woods
Spears Woods
Swallow Cliff Woods
Tampier Slough Woods (east half)
White Oak Woods
Willow Springs Woods
Wolf Road Woods

Education

Political districts

Illinois' 1st congressional district
State House District 27
State House District 28
State House District 31
State House District 35
State House District 36
State Senate District 14
State Senate District 16
State Senate District 18

References

^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

v · d · eMunicipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois

County seat: Chicago

Cities	Berwyn \| Blue Island \| Burbank \| Calumet City \| Chicago Heights \| Chicago‡ \| Country Club Hills \| Countryside \| Des Plaines \| Elgin‡ \| Elmhurst‡ \| Evanston \| Harvey \| Hickory Hills \| Hometown \| Markham \| Northlake \| Oak Forest \| Palos Heights \| Palos Hills \| Park Ridge \| Prospect Heights \| Rolling Meadows

Town	Cicero

Villages	Alsip \| Arlington Heights‡ \| Barrington Hills‡ \| Barrington‡ \| Bartlett‡ \| Bedford Park \| Bellwood \| Bensenville‡ \| Berkeley \| Bridgeview \| Broadview \| Brookfield \| Buffalo Grove‡ \| Burnham \| Burr Ridge‡ \| Calumet Park \| Chicago Ridge \| Crestwood \| Deerfield‡ \| Deer Park‡ \| Dixmoor \| Dolton \| East Hazel Crest \| East Dundee‡ \| Elk Grove Village‡ \| Elmwood Park \| Evergreen Park \| Flossmoor \| Ford Heights \| Forest Park \| Forest View \| Frankfort‡ \| Franklin Park \| Glencoe \| Glenview \| Glenwood \| Golf \| Hanover Park‡ \| Harwood Heights \| Hazel Crest \| Hillside \| Hinsdale‡ \| Hodgkins \| Hoffman Estates‡ \| Homewood \| Indian Head Park \| Inverness \| Justice \| Kenilworth \| La Grange Park \| La Grange \| Lansing \| Lemont‡ \| Lincolnwood \| Lynwood \| Lyons \| Matteson‡ \| Maywood \| McCook \| Melrose Park \| Merrionette Park \| Midlothian \| Morton Grove \| Mount Prospect \| Niles \| Norridge \| North Riverside \| Northbrook \| Northfield \| Oak Brook‡ \| Oak Lawn \| Oak Park \| Olympia Fields \| Orland Hills \| Orland Park‡ \| Palatine \| Palos Park \| Park Forest‡ \| Phoenix \| Posen \| Richton Park \| River Forest \| River Grove \| Riverdale \| Riverside \| Robbins \| Roselle‡ \| Rosemont \| Sauk Village‡ \| Schaumburg‡ \| Schiller Park \| Skokie \| South Barrington \| South Chicago Heights \| South Holland \| Steger‡ \| Stickney \| Stone Park \| Streamwood \| Summit \| Thornton \| Tinley Park‡ \| University Park‡ \| Westchester \| Western Springs \| Wheeling‡ \| Willow Springs‡ \| Wilmette \| Winnetka \| Woodridge‡ \| Worth

Townships	Barrington \| Berwyn \| Bloom \| Bremen \| Calumet \| Cicero \| Elk Grove \| Evanston \| Hanover \| Lemont \| Leyden \| Lyons \| Maine \| New Trier \| Niles \| Northfield \| Norwood Park \| Oak Park \| Orland \| Palatine \| Palos \| Proviso \| Rich \| River Forest \| Riverside \| Schaumburg \| Stickney \| Thornton \| Wheeling \| Worth

Unincorporated communities	Hines \| La Grange Highlands \| Sutton

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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