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Bloom Township
—  Township  —
Location in Cook County
Coordinates: 41°31′02″N 87°36′03″W / 41.51722°N 87.60083°W / 41.51722; -87.60083
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
- Total	46.86 sq mi (121.36 km2)
- Land	46.59 sq mi (120.67 km2)
- Water	0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2)  0.56%
Elevation	630 ft (192 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	93,901
- Density	2,015.5/sq mi (778.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60411, 60422, 60425, 60430, 60438, 60461, 60466, 60475, 60476
GNIS feature ID	0428682

Bloom Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 93,901^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bloom Township covers an area of 46.86 square miles (121.36 square kilometers); of this, 46.59 square miles (120.67 square kilometers, 99.43 percent) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.68 square kilometers, 0.56 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Chicago Heights
• Flossmoor
• Ford Heights
• Glenwood (vast majority)
• Homewood
• Lansing
• Lynwood
• Olympia Fields
• Park Forest
• Sauk Village (vast majority)
• South Chicago Heights
• Steger

Adjacent townships

• Thornton Township (north)
• North Township, Lake County, Indiana (northeast)
• St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana (east)
• Crete Township, Will County (south)
• Monee Township, Will County (southwest)
• Rich Township (west)
• Bremen Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Assumption, Bloom Presbyterian, Calvary, Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, Saint James Catholic and Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 30
• Illinois Route 1
• Illinois Route 394

Airports and landing strips

• Lansing Municipal Airport
• Mulderink Heliport
• Raeco Heliport
• Saint James Hospital and Health Centers Heliport

Lakes

• Sauk Lake

Landmarks

• Cook County Forest Preserves

Political districts

• Illinois' 2nd congressional district
• State House District 29
• State House District 30
• State House District 80
• State Senate District 15
• State Senate District 40

References

• "Bloom 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:0428682. 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

• Bloom Township official site
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois
• Cook County official site

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