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Downers Grove Township
—  Township  —
Location in DuPage County
Coordinates: 41°45′15″N 87°58′32″W / 41.75417°N 87.97556°W / 41.75417; -87.97556
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	DuPage
Settled	November 6, 1849
Government
- Supervisor	Barbara J. Wheat
Area
- Total	50.89 sq mi (131.81 km2)
- Land	50.24 sq mi (130.12 km2)
- Water	0.65 sq mi (1.69 km2)  1.28%
Elevation	758 ft (231 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	148,110
- Density	2,948/sq mi (1,138.3/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60439, 60514, 60515, 60516, 60517, 60521, 60523, 60559, 60561
GNIS feature ID	0428909

Downers Grove Township is one of nine townships in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 148,110^[1]. It is the largest township in the county, both in terms of area and population.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Downers Grove Township covers an area of 50.89 square miles (131.81 square kilometers); of this, 50.24 square miles (130.12 square kilometers, 98.72 percent) is land and 0.65 square miles (1.69 square kilometers, 1.28 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Bolingbrook (partial)
• Burr Ridge (west three-quarters)
• Clarendon Hills
• Darien
• Downers Grove (southeast three-quarters)
• Hinsdale (partial)
• Lemont (partial)
• Oak Brook (partial)
• Westmont (south three-quarters)
• Willow Springs (partial)
• Willowbrook
• Woodridge (partial)

Unincorporated towns

• Fullersburg at 41°49′05″N 87°55′06″W / 41.8180865°N 87.918394°W / 41.8180865; -87.918394
• Lace at 41°45′07″N 87°58′03″W / 41.7519754°N 87.9675603°W / 41.7519754; -87.9675603
• Palisades at 41°42′49″N 87°56′01″W / 41.7136425°N 87.9336693°W / 41.7136425; -87.9336693

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

Extinct towns

• Tedens at 41°41′40″N 87°58′22″W / 41.6944755°N 87.9728368°W / 41.6944755; -87.9728368

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Adjacent townships

• York Township (north)
• Proviso Township, Cook County (northeast)
• Lyons Township, Cook County (east)
• Palos Township, Cook County (southeast)
• Lemont Township, Cook County (south)
• DuPage Township, Will County (southwest)
• Lisle Township (west)
• Milton Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these ten cemeteries: Cass, Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Fullersburg, Hinsdale Animal, Oak Hill, Pierce Downer, Saint Johns Lutheran, Saint Mary of Gostyn and Saint Patricks Catholic.

Major highways

• Interstate 55
• Interstate 88
• U.S. Route 34
• Illinois Route 83

Airports and landing strips

• Argonne Heliport
• Brookridge Airport
• Darien-Woodridge Fire Department Heliport
• Madison Avenue Venture Heliport
• Midwest Heliport

Rivers

• Des Plaines River

Lakes

• Bruce Lake
• Golfview Lake
• Maple Lake
• Picadilly Lake
• Ruth Lake

Landmarks

• Argonne National Laboratory
• Dupage County Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve

School districts

• Westmont Community Unit School District 201

Political districts

• Illinois's 13th congressional district
• State House District 42
• State House District 47
• State House District 82
• State Senate District 21
• State Senate District 24
• State Senate District 41

References

• "Downers Grove 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:0428909. 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

	Milton Township	York Township	Proviso Township, Cook County
	Lisle Township		Lyons Township, Cook County
		Downers Grove Township
	DuPage Township, Will County	Lemont Township, Cook County	Palos Township, Cook County

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