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Lemont Township
— Township —
Location in Cook County
Coordinates: 41°39′52″N 87°57′49″W / 41.66444°N 87.96361°W / 41.66444; -87.96361
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
- Total	21.07 sq mi (54.57 km²)
- Land	20.4 sq mi (52.83 km²)
- Water	0.67 sq mi (1.74 km²) 3.19%
Elevation	732 ft (223 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	18,002
- Density	882.5/sq mi (340.8/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60439, 60464, 60480
GNIS feature ID	0429244

Lemont Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 18,002^[1].

1 Geography
2 Political districts
3 References
4 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lemont Township covers an area of 21.07 square miles (54.57 square kilometers); of this, 20.4 square miles (52.83 square kilometers, 96.81 percent) is land and 0.67 square miles (1.74 square kilometers, 3.19 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Adjacent townships

Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (north)
Lyons Township (northeast)
Palos Township (east)
Orland Township (southeast)
Homer Township, Will County (south)
Lockport Township, Will County (southwest)
DuPage Township, Will County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Bethany Lutheran, Danish, Mount Vernon Memorial Park and Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Lemont Fire Department Heliport
Lemont Industrial Park Airport

Rivers

Des Plaines River

Lakes

Goose Lake

Landmarks

Black Partridge Forest
Red Gate Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves)
Sag Quarries Forest Preserve
Tampier Slough Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves)

Political districts

Illinois' 13th congressional district
State House District 82
State Senate District 41

References

^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

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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