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Lyons Township |
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— Township — |
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Location in Cook County |
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Coordinates: 41°46′29″N 87°51′35″W / 41.77472°N
87.85972°W / 41.77472;
-87.85972 |
| Country |
United
States |
| State |
Illinois |
| County |
Cook |
| Government |
| - Supervisor |
Russell Hartigan |
| Area |
| - Total |
36.95 sq mi (95.7 km2) |
| - Land |
36.38 sq mi (94.21 km2) |
| - Water |
0.57 sq mi (1.49 km2)
1.56% |
| Elevation |
620 ft (189 m) |
| Population (2000) |
| - Total |
109,264 |
| - Density |
3,003.4/sq mi (1,159.8/km2) |
| Time zone |
CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) |
CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes |
60402, 60455, 60457,
60458, 60480 60501, 60513, 60521, 60525, 60526, 60534, 60546, 60558
60638 |
| GNIS feature
ID |
0429298 |
Lyons Township is one of thirty townships in Cook
County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000
census, its population was 109,264[1].
Geography
According to the United States Census
Bureau, Lyons Township covers an area of 36.95 square miles
(95.7 square kilometers); of this, 36.38 square miles (94.21 square
kilometers, 98.44 percent) is land and 0.57 square miles (1.49
square kilometers, 1.56 percent) is water.
The boundaries of Lyons Township are East: Harlem Avenue, West:
the Cook-DuPage County (County Line Road), south: the line of 87th
Street, except west of Willow Springs, where it follows the Des
Plaines river to the Cook-DuPage County Line, North: the line of
39th Street (Southview Avenue, Brewster Avenue). There are
seventeen municipalities in or partially within Lyons Township's
thirty-seven square miles of territory:
There are three communities in the unincorporated areas of the
Township:
Adjacent
townships
Cemeteries
The township contains these six cemeteries: Archer Woods
Memorial Park, Bethania, LaGrange, Lithuanian National,
Resurrection and Saint Johns.
Major
highways
Airports and landing
strips
- La Grange Memorial Hospital Heliport
- Pielet Summit Heliport
Rivers
Landmarks
Demographics
- White Non-Hispanic: 80.3%
- Black: 4.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 1.6%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 11.6%
- Two or more races: 1.5%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Elected
officials
- Patrick T. Rogers - Supervisor
- Mary Jo Noonan - Clerk
- Steven M. Landek - Highway Commissioner
- Barbara M. Weyrick - Assessor
- Erick R. Peck - Collector
- Russell Hartigan - Trustee
- Mary Van Allen - Trustee
- Thomas Wm. Garrette Jr. - Trustee
- Timonthy M. Sprague - Trustee
References
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