Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois

Moraine Township
Township
Location in Lake County
Lake County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 42°01′10″N 87°48′36″W / 42.01944°N 87.81000°W / 42.01944; -87.81000Coordinates: 42°01′10″N 87°48′36″W / 42.01944°N 87.81000°W / 42.01944; -87.81000
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lake
Government
• Supervisor	Mari A. Barnes
Area
• Total	11.9 sq mi (30.9 km²)
• Land	11.9 sq mi (30.8 km²)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²)
Elevation	646 ft (197 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	34,129
• Density	2,900/sq mi (1,100/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	1848161
Website	www.morainetownship.org

Moraine Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 34,129.^[1] Moraine Township was originally called Deerfield Township, but the name was changed on October 29, 1998.

Geography

Moraine Township covers an area of 11.9 square miles (30.9 km²); of this, 0.03 square miles (0.08 km²) or 0.27 percent is water.^[1]

Cities and towns

Deerfield (east edge)
Highland Park (northeast three-quarters)
Highwood
Lake Forest (southeast edge)

Adjacent townships

New Trier Township, Cook County (southeast)
Northfield Township, Cook County (south)
West Deerfield Township (west)
Shields Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains seven cemeteries: Fort Sheridan, Garwood Family, Garwood Family, Mooney, Mound Rest, Mount Carmel and Saint Marys.

Major highways

U.S. Route 41

Airports and landing strips

Gieser Heliport

References

1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Moraine township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved December 19, 2012.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Waukegan

Cities	Highland Park Highwood Lake Forest North Chicago Park City Waukegan Zion

Villages	Antioch Arlington Heights‡ Bannockburn Barrington‡ Barrington Hills‡ Beach Park Buffalo Grove‡ Deer Park‡ Deerfield‡ Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Indian Creek Island Lake‡ Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor‡ Libertyville Lincolnshire Lindenhurst Long Grove Mettawa Mundelein North Barrington Old Mill Creek Port Barrington‡ Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Third Lake Tower Lakes Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Wheeling‡ Winthrop Harbor

Townships	Antioch Avon Benton Cuba Ela Fremont Grant Lake Villa Libertyville Moraine Newport Shields Vernon Warren Wauconda Waukegan West Deerfield Zion

CDPs	Channel Lake Forest Lake Fox Lake Hills Gages Lake Grandwood Park Knollwood Lake Catherine Long Lake Venetian Village

Other unincorporated communities	Aptakisic Diamond Lake Eddy Fort Sheridan Fremont Center Gilmer Grange Hall Grass Lake Ingleside Ivanhoe Loon Lake Millburn Monaville Palm Beach Prairie View Rondout Rosecrans Russell Sylvan Lake West Miltmore Wildwood

Former settlement	Half Day Wilson

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

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