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Orland Township
— Township —
Location in Cook County
Coordinates: 41°36′06″N 87°51′13″W / 41.60167°N 87.85361°W / 41.60167; -87.85361
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
- Total	36.47 sq mi (94.45 km²)
- Land	35.74 sq mi (92.55 km²)
- Water	0.73 sq mi (1.89 km²) 2%
Elevation	705 ft (215 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	91,418
- Density	2,557.9/sq mi (987.8/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60452, 60462, 60467, 60477
GNIS feature ID	0429505

Orland Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 91,418^[1].

1 Geography
2 Political districts
3 References
4 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Orland Township covers an area of 36.47 square miles (94.45 square kilometers); of this, 35.74 square miles (92.55 square kilometers, 97.99 percent) is land and 0.73 square miles (1.89 square kilometers, 2 percent) is water. It includes the entire village of Orland Hills, almost all of Orland Park, as well as a large portion of Tinley Park.

Boundaries

Orland Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) on the east, 135th Street on the north, Will-Cook Road on the west (where Cook County and Will County share a border), and 183rd Street on the south (which is also the Cook-Will county border).

Cities, towns, villages

Adjacent townships

Palos Township (north)
Worth Township (northeast)
Bremen Township (east)
Rich Township (southeast)
Frankfort Township, Will County (south)
New Lenox Township, Will County (southwest)
Homer Township, Will County (west)
Lemont Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Cooper, German Methodist, Old German Methodist and Orland Park.

Major highways

Lakes

Ashbourne Lake
Laguna Lake
Turtlehead Lake

Landmarks

Orland Grove Forest Preserve (south three-quarters)
Orland Tract Forest Preserve
Tinley Creek Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves) (west three-quarters)

Political districts

Illinois' 1st congressional district
State House District 28
State House District 35
State House District 37
State House District 81
State Senate District 14
State Senate District 18
State Senate District 19
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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