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Elk Grove Township
— Township —
Location in Cook County
Coordinates: 42°01′47″N 87°58′38″W / 42.02972°N 87.97722°W / 42.02972; -87.97722
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
- Total	28.12 sq mi (72.83 km²)
- Land	27.83 sq mi (72.08 km²)
- Water	0.29 sq mi (0.76 km²) 1.04%
Elevation	705 ft (215 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	94,969
- Density	3,412.5/sq mi (1,317.5/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60005, 60007, 60008, 60016, 60018, 60056, 60067, 60173
GNIS feature ID	0428952

Elk Grove Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 94,969^[1].

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

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Elk Grove Township covers an area of 28.12 square miles (72.83 square kilometers); of this, 27.83 square miles (72.08 square kilometers, 98.97 percent) is land and 0.29 square miles (0.76 square kilometers, 1.04 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Adjacent townships

Wheeling Township (north)
Maine Township (east)
Addison Township, DuPage County (south)
Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (southwest)
Schaumburg Township (west)
Palatine Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Elk Grove Cemetery.

Major highways

Lakes

Fountain Lake
Fred Hasse Lake

Landmarks

Busse Woods Forest Preserve (vast majority)
O'Hare International Airport
United States Highway Army Reserve Center, Arlington Heights
Elk Grove High School
Rolling Meadows High School

School districts

City of Chicago School District 299
Township High School District 214
Community Consolidated School District 59

Political districts

Illinois' 6th congressional district
State House District 65
State House District 66
State Senate District 33

References

^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

Chicago portal

Municipalities 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

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

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