Lyons Township is one of 29

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(pop. 11,054). Lyons Township was established in 1850. The village of Lyons, almost all of which lies within the township, is often confused with it. The township hall is located at 6404 S. Joliet Road in

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. Other township municipalities include Indian Head Park, Hodgkins and McCook, as well as major portions of Western Springs, Brookfield, Bridgeview,

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and Willow Springs. Lyons Township's approximate borders are

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) on the east, the line of 39th Street (Southview Avenue, Brewster Avenue) on the north, the

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boundary (County Line Road) on the west, and the line of 87th Street on the south, except west of Willow Springs, where it follows the

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to the DuPage county line. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, designated a National Historic District in 2011, passes through the township from southwest to northeast.

Geography

According to the

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, Lyons Township covers an area of ; of this, (98.44 percent) is land and (1.56 percent) is water.

Borders

Lyons Township is bordered on the north by Proviso and

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Townships, on the east by Stickney Township and the

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communities of Garfield Ridge and Clearing, on the south by Palos Township, and on the west by Downers Grove Township in DuPage County.

Cities, towns, villages

There are seventeen municipalities completely or partially within Lyons Township's thirty-seven square miles of territory: * Bedford Park (the half west of Harlem Avenue) * Bridgeview (the half northwest of 87th Street and Harlem) * Brookfield (the third south of Southview Avenue) *

(the eastern half in Cook County) *

* Hickory Hills (the small portion north of 87th Street) * Hinsdale (the small portion in Cook County) * Hodgkins * Indian Head Park *

* La Grange * Lyons (all but the small portion north of 39th Street) * McCook *

(the small portion south of 39th Street) *

* Western Springs (all but the small portion north of 39th Street) * Willow Springs (all but the area south of 87th Street and the Des Plaines River)

Unincorporated Towns

* La Grange Highlands at * Nottingham Park at

Extinct Towns

* Argo at * Tiedtville at

Adjacent townships

* Proviso Township (north) * Riverside Township (north northeast) * Berwyn Township (northeast) * Stickney Township (east northeast and east southeast) * Worth Township (southeast) * Palos Township (south) * Lemont Township (southwest) * Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (west) * York Township, DuPage County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Archer Woods Memorial Park, Bethania, LaGrange, Lithuanian National, Resurrection, Saint Johns and Lyonsville.

Major highways

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* Interstate 294 *

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Airports and landing strips

* La Grange Memorial Hospital Heliport * Pielet Summit Heliport

Rivers

Landmarks

* Arie Crown Forest Preserve * Buffalo Woods (

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) * Columbia Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves) * Chicago Portage National Historic Site * Emmanuel Episcopal Church *

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* George E. Purple House *

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* Lyons Township Hall * Robert Vial House * Western Springs Water Tower

Demographics

As of the 2010 census: * White: 82.1% (Non-Hispanic: 71.7%) * Black: 6.0% * American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3% * Asian: 2.2% * Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.02% * Some other race: 7.3% * Two or more races: 2.1% * Hispanic or Latino (any race): 19.0%

Elected officials

* Christopher Getty - Supervisor * Mary Jo Noonan - Clerk * Barbara M. Weyrick - Assessor * Sean McDermott - Highway Commissioner * Michael A. Porfirio - Trustee * Tom Garrette - Trustee * Colleen H. Kelly - Trustee * Timothy M. Sprague - Trustee

Education

Lyons Township is served by two public high school districts: Lyons Township High School District 204, for students in the northwest half of the township, and Argo Community High School District 217, for students in the southeast half.

References

* * "Pamphlet For Public Information" published by Lyons Township Clerk Robert S. Berliner, 1968.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Lyons Township official website

US Census

Lyons Township Information Center

Cook County official site
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