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Bloomingdale Township
—  Township  —
Location in DuPage County
Coordinates: 41°56′40″N 88°05′20″W / 41.94444°N 88.08889°W / 41.94444; -88.08889
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	DuPage
Settled	November 6, 1849
Government
- Supervisor	Edward N. Levato
Area
- Total	35.54 sq mi (92.05 km2)
- Land	35.3 sq mi (91.42 km2)
- Water	0.24 sq mi (0.63 km2)  0.68%
Elevation	781 ft (238 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	111,709
- Density	3,164.6/sq mi (1,221.9/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60101, 60103, 60108, 60137, 60139, 60143, 60148, 60157, 60172, 60185, 60188, 60190
GNIS feature ID	0428683

Bloomingdale Township is one of nine townships in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 111,709^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bloomingdale Township covers an area of 35.54 square miles (92.05 square kilometers); of this, 35.3 square miles (91.42 square kilometers, 99.32 percent) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.63 square kilometers, 0.68 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Addison (west quarter)
• Bloomingdale
• Carol Stream (partial)
• Glendale Heights (partial)
• Hanover Park (partial)
• Itasca (partial)
• Lombard (north edge)
• Roselle (partial)
• Schaumburg (partial)
• Winfield (north edge)

Unincorporated towns

• Cloverdale at 41°56′22″N 88°07′13″W / 41.9394728°N 88.1203487°W / 41.9394728; -88.1203487
• Keeneyville at 41°58′03″N 88°07′13″W / 41.9675282°N 88.1203496°W / 41.9675282; -88.1203496
• Medinah at 41°58′53″N 88°03′04″W / 41.9814174°N 88.0511813°W / 41.9814174; -88.0511813
• Swift at 41°55′13″N 88°02′32″W / 41.9203069°N 88.0422902°W / 41.9203069; -88.0422902

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Schaumburg Township, Cook County (north)
• Elk Grove Township, Cook County (northeast)
• Addison Township (east)
• York Township (southeast)
• Milton Township (south)
• Winfield Township (southwest)
• Wayne Township (west)
• Hanover Township, Cook County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Bloomingdale, Cloverdale, Freinenigreit, Old Ontarioville, Saint Andrew Ukrain Orthodx, Saint Isadores and Saint Lukes Lutheran.

Major highways

• Interstate 290
• Interstate 355
• U.S. Route 20
• Illinois Route 19
• Illinois Route 53
• Illinois Route 64

Airports and landing strips

• Clarke Heliport
• Mitchell Field (historical)
• Schaumburg Regional Airport

Lakes

• Kadijah Lake
• Mallard Lake

Landmarks

• Du Page County Forest Preserve
• Mallard Lake Forest Preserve

Political districts

• Illinois's 6th congressional district
• State House District 45
• State House District 55
• State House District 56
• State Senate District 23
• State Senate District 28

References

• "Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428683. Retrieved 2010-01-10.  
• United States Census Bureau 2008 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

	Hanover Township, Cook County	Schaumburg Township, Cook County	Elk Grove Township, Cook County
	Wayne Township		Addison Township
		Bloomingdale Township
	Winfield Township	Milton Township	York Township

Municipalities and communities of DuPage County, Illinois County seat: Wheaton Cities Aurora‡ | Batavia‡ | Chicago‡ | Darien | Elmhurst | Naperville‡ | Oakbrook Terrace | St. Charles‡ | Warrenville | West Chicago | Wheaton | Wood Dale Villages Addison | Bartlett‡ | Bensenville‡ | Bloomingdale | Bolingbrook‡ | Burr Ridge‡ | Carol Stream | Clarendon Hills | Downers Grove | Elk Grove Village‡ | Glendale Heights | Glen Ellyn | Hanover Park‡ | Hinsdale‡ | Itasca | Lemont‡ | Lisle | Lombard | Oak Brook | Roselle‡ | Schaumburg‡ | Villa Park | Wayne‡ | Westmont | Willowbrook | Winfield | Woodridge‡ Townships Addison | Bloomingdale | Downers Grove | Lisle | Milton | Naperville | Wayne | Winfield | York Unincorporated communities Eola | Medinah Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties