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Bremen Township |
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— Township — |
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Location in Cook County |
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Coordinates: 41°36′15″N 87°44′02″W / 41.60417°N
87.73389°W / 41.60417;
-87.73389 |
| Country |
United
States |
| State |
Illinois |
| County |
Cook |
| Area |
| - Total |
37.79 sq mi (97.88 km2) |
| - Land |
37.65 sq mi (97.52 km2) |
| - Water |
0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2)
0.37% |
| Elevation |
640 ft (195 m) |
| Population (2000) |
| - Total |
109,575 |
| - Density |
2,910.4/sq mi (1,123.6/km2) |
| Time zone |
CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) |
CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes |
60406, 60426, 60428,
60429, 60430, 60445, 60452, 60462, 60463, 60469, 60472, 60477,
60478 |
| GNIS feature
ID |
0428706 |
Bremen Township is one of thirty townships in Cook
County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000
census, its population was 109,575[1]. It was
organized in 1850 and is located southwest of Chicago, Illinois in southern Cook County.
An administrative office for Bremen Township is located at 16361
South Kedzie Parkway, Markham, Illinois.
This south suburban Cook
County township includes the communities of:
As well as parts of:
- Blue Island, Illinois
- Homewood, Illinois
- Orland Park, Illinois
- Tinley Park (which also has a
large portion in Orland Township with smaller sections in Rich
Township and Frankfort Township, Will County)
- Crestwood (the remaining portion
lies in Worth Township)
- Hazel Crest (the remaining
portion lies in both Thornton Township and Rich Township)
- Markham (the remaining portion lies
in Thornton Township)
- Country Club Hills (the
remaining portion lies in Rich Township)
- Harvey
(the extreme western edge of Harvey, the remaining 99% lies in
Thornton Township)
Geography
According to the United States Census
Bureau, Bremen Township covers an area of 37.79 square miles
(97.88 square kilometers); of this, 37.65 square miles (97.52
square kilometers, 99.63 percent) is land and 0.14 square miles
(0.36 square kilometers, 0.37 percent) is water.
Bremen Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route
43) on the west, 135th Street on the north, Western Avenue on the east and
183rd Street on the south.
Adjacent
townships
Cemeteries
The township contains these six cemeteries: Bachelor Grove,
County, Lewis Memorial Park, Saint Gabriel Catholic, Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran and Zion Lutheran.
Major
highways
Lakes
Demographics
With a population of 109,575 residents Bremen Township is
- White Non-Hispanic: 61.8%
- Black: 29.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 1.5%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 6.2%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Education
The public high school district for most of Bremen Township is
Bremen Community
High School District 228 which includes Oak
Forest High School, Bremen
High School, Tinley Park High School, and Hillcrest High School.
References
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