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Elk Grove Township, Cook County, Illinois
Elk Grove Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 92,905. Elk Grove Township formerly housed the United Airlines headquarters. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Elk Grove Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 1.48 percent, is water. Cities, towns, villages * Arlington Heights * Des Plaines (west edge) * Elk Grove Village * Mount Prospect (southern portions) * Rolling Meadows * Schaumburg (east edge) Adjacent townships * Wheeling Township (north) * Maine Township (east) * Addison Township, DuPage County (south) * Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (southwest) * Schaumburg Township (west) * Palatine Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains Elk Grove Cemetery. Major highways * Interstate 90 * Interstate 290 * U.S. Route 14 * Illinois Route 53 * Illinois Route 58 * Illinois Route 62 * Illinois Route 72 * Illinois Route 83 Lakes * Fountain Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states; Minnesota uses "town" officially but often uses it and "township" interchangeably. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships. Township functions are generally overseen by a governing board (the name varies from state to state) and a clerk, trustee, or mayor (in New Jersey and the metro townships of Utah). Township officers frequently include justice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeling Township, Cook County, Illinois
Wheeling Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 153,630. It is the northeasternmost and most populated of the six northwest Cook County townships that form the panhandle. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Wheeling Township covers an area of ; of this, (99.74 percent) is land and (0.26 percent) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Arlington Heights * Buffalo Grove * Des Plaines (northwestern edge) * Glenview * Mount Prospect (northern edge) * Northbrook * Palatine (east of Hwy 53) * Prospect Heights (vast majority) * Rolling Meadows * Wheeling (vast majority) Adjacent townships * Vernon Township, Lake County (north) * West Deerfield Township, Lake County (northeast) * Northfield Township (east) * Maine Township (southeast) * Elk Grove Township (south) * Palatine Township (west) * Ela Township, Lake County (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains these seven cemeteries: Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois 58
Illinois Route 58 (IL 58, Illinois 58), also known as Golf Road for most of its route, is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 25 (Liberty Street) in Elgin east to U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Boulevard) in Skokie. This is a distance of . Route description It is four-lane road for most of its length, and six lanes through a very high-traffic corridor between Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg. The only section that is not multilane is from just east of Waverly Drive in Elgin to just west of Barrington Road in Hoffman Estates. Starting in Elgin, the road is called Summit Street. Just east of Rohrssen Road in Hoffman Estates, the road is named Golf Road, which the route is commonly called locally, after the minuscule town of Golf that the route passes through. The junction of Illinois 58 and Illinois Route 72 (Higgins Road) in Hoffman Estates form one of the only six-lane by six-lane sharply angled intersections in the state. Left turns used to be prohibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Route 53
Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner, Illinois, Gardner to Illinois Route 83, IL 83 in Long Grove, Illinois, Long Grove, a distance of . It mainly cuts through the western suburbs of Chicago, passes through Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Crest Hill and Joliet, merging into I-55 at Gardner. Route description IL 53 begins at the County Road 29 (CR 29) and Interstate 55 in Illinois, I-55 interchange and heads east in Gardner, Illinois, Gardner. At the first intersection, the route runs along the path of historic U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, US 66 for about before making a left and leaving former US 66. The route continues east and loops around Gardner before heading northeast, running parallel with I-55. It crosses over the Mazon River before passing through Braceville, Illinois, Braceville and Godle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois 53
Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner to IL 83 in Long Grove, a distance of . It mainly cuts through the western suburbs of Chicago, passes through Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Crest Hill and Joliet, merging into I-55 at Gardner. Route description IL 53 begins at the County Road 29 (CR 29) and I-55 interchange and heads east in Gardner. At the first intersection, the route runs along the path of historic US 66 for about before making a left and leaving former US 66. The route continues east and loops around Gardner before heading northeast, running parallel with I-55. It crosses over the Mazon River before passing through Braceville and Godley. In Braidwood, the highway intersects IL 113 and runs parallel with IL 129. IL 129 moves away from IL 53 before entering the Hitts Siding Prairie Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 14
U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For much of its length, it runs roughly parallel to Interstate 90. The highway's eastern terminus is in Chicago, Illinois. Its western terminus is the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, with the western terminus of U.S. Route 16 and the western terminus of the eastern segment of U.S. Route 20. Route description Wyoming U.S. 14 begins at the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park, along with U.S. 16 and the eastern segment of U.S. 20. It travels through the Shoshone National Forest to Cody, where U.S. 14A splits off to the north. Both routes traverse the dry Bighorn Basin, followed by a steep ascent up the Big Horn Mountains and through the Bighorn National Forest, where they rejoin at Burgess Junction. The h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 290 (Illinois)
Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westward from the Chicago Loop. The portion of I-290 from Interstate 294, I-294 to its east end is officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the Ike" or the Eisenhower. Before being designated the Eisenhower Expressway, the highway was called the Congress Expressway because of the surface street that was located approximately in its path and onto which I-290 runs at its eastern terminus in the Loop. I-290 connects Interstate 90 in Illinois, I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway) in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Rolling Meadows with I-90/Interstate 94 in Illinois, I-94 (John F. Kennedy Expressway/Dan Ryan Expressway) near the Loop. North of Interstate 355, I-355, the freeway is sometimes known locally as Illinois Route 53 (IL 53), or simply Route 53, since IL 53 existed before I-290. However, it now merges with I-290 at Biesterfield Road. In total, I-290 is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-290
Interstate 290 may refer to the following Interstate Highways in the United States: *Interstate 290 (Illinois), a highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Rolling Meadows, Illinois *Interstate 290 (Massachusetts), a highway in Massachusetts that connects Auburn to Marlborough via Worcester *Interstate 290 (New York), a bypass route connecting Interstate 90 to Interstate 190 in Buffalo, New York *Interstate 290, a cancelled freeway in Cleveland, Ohio, part of which was built anyway as Interstate 490 (Ohio) Interstate 490 (I-490) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in Cleveland, Ohio. The western terminus is a junction with I-90 and I-71 on Cleveland's west side. After spanning the Cuyahoga River, I-490 reaches its eastern terminus at a junc ... {{Road disambiguation 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and the Northeast, ending in Boston, Massachusetts. The highway serves 13 states and has 16 auxiliary routes, primarily in major cities such as Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Rochester. I-90 begins at Washington State Route 519 in Seattle and crosses the Cascade Range in Washington and the Rocky Mountains in Montana. It then traverses the northern Great Plains and travels southeast through Wisconsin and the Chicago area by following the southern shore of Lake Michigan. The freeway continues across Indiana and follows the shore of Lake Erie through Ohio and Pennsylvania to Buffalo. I-90 travels across New York by roughly following the historic Erie Canal and traverses Massachusetts, reaching its eastern terminus at Massachusetts Route 1A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and the Northeast, ending in Boston, Massachusetts. The highway serves 13 states and has 16 auxiliary routes, primarily in major cities such as Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Rochester. I-90 begins at Washington State Route 519 in Seattle and crosses the Cascade Range in Washington and the Rocky Mountains in Montana. It then traverses the northern Great Plains and travels southeast through Wisconsin and the Chicago area by following the southern shore of Lake Michigan. The freeway continues across Indiana and follows the shore of Lake Erie through Ohio and Pennsylvania to Buffalo. I-90 travels across New York by roughly following the historic Erie Canal and traverses Massachusetts, reaching its eastern terminus at Massachusetts Route 1A ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois
Palatine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 112,994. It is the north central township of the six northwest townships that form the Cook County panhandle. Palatine Township was organized in 1850. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Palatine Township covers an area of ; of this, (99.04 percent) is land and (0.96 percent) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Arlington Heights (Portions west of Wilke Road, like Arlington Park) * Barrington * Deer Park * Hoffman Estates Northeast area * Inverness * Palatine * Rolling Meadows (north of Central Road) * Schaumburg * South Barrington Adjacent townships * Ela Township, Lake County (north) * Vernon Township, Lake County (northeast) * Wheeling Township (east) * Elk Grove Township (southeast) * Schaumburg Township (south) * Barrington Township (west) * Cuba Township, Lake County (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains these c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaumburg Township, Cook County, Illinois
Schaumburg Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 131,288. It is in the north west corner of Cook County. According to the United States Census Bureau, Schaumburg Township covers an area of . Of this, is land and , or nearly 1 percent, is water. Cities, towns, villages * Elk Grove Village * Hanover Park * Hoffman Estates * Rolling Meadows (south edge) * Roselle * Schaumburg * Streamwood Adjacent townships * Palatine Township (north) * Elk Grove Township (east) * Addison Township, DuPage County (southeast) * Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (south) * Wayne Township, DuPage County (southwest) * Hanover Township (west) * Barrington Township (northwest) Cemeteries The township contains Greve Cemetery. Major highways * Interstate 90 * Interstate 290 * U.S. Route 20 * Illinois Route 19 * Illinois Route 53 * Illinois Route 58 * Illinois Route 72 Airports and landing strips * Marriott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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