Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois

Bloom Township
Township
Location in Cook County
Cook County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°31′02″N 87°36′03″W / 41.51722°N 87.60083°W / 41.51722; -87.60083Coordinates: 41°31′02″N 87°36′03″W / 41.51722°N 87.60083°W / 41.51722; -87.60083
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
• Total	46.7 sq mi (121.0 km²)
• Land	46.4 sq mi (120.3 km²)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²) 0.59%
Elevation	630 ft (192 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	90,922
• Density	1,958/sq mi (755.8/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60411, 60422, 60425, 60430, 60438, 60461, 60466, 60475, 60476
GNIS feature ID	0428682

Bloom Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 90,922.^[1]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Bloom Township covers an area of 46.7 square miles (121.0 km²); of this, 46.4 square miles (120.3 km²) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km²), or 0.59 percent, is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

Adjacent townships

Thornton Township (north)
North Township, Lake County, Indiana (northeast)
St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana (east)
Crete Township, Will County (south)
Monee Township, Will County (southwest)
Rich Township (west)
Bremen Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Assumption, Bloom Presbyterian, Calvary, Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, Saint James Catholic and Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Lansing Municipal Airport
Mulderink Heliport
Raeco Heliport
Saint James Hospital and Health Centers Heliport

Lakes

Sauk Lake

Landmarks

Cook County Forest Preserves

Political districts

Illinois' 2nd congressional district
State House District 29
State House District 30
State House District 80
State Senate District 15
State Senate District 40

References

"Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Bloom township, Cook County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Chicago

Cities	Berwyn Blue Island Burbank Calumet City Chicago‡ Chicago Heights 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‡ Barrington Hills‡ Bartlett‡ Bedford Park Bellwood Bensenville‡ Berkeley Bridgeview Broadview Brookfield Buffalo Grove‡ Burnham Burr Ridge‡ Calumet Park Chicago Ridge Crestwood Deer Park‡ Deerfield‡ Dixmoor Dolton East Dundee‡ East Hazel Crest 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 La Grange Park 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 Sutton

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

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