Bloom Township is one of 29

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 90,923.

Geography

According to the

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, Bloom Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 0.59 percent, is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Chicago Heights Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census. In earlier years, Chicago Heights was nicknamed "The Crossroads of the Nation". Currently, it is nicknamed "The Heights". Geograp ...

Flossmoor Flossmoor () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,704 at the 2020 census. Flossmoor is approximately 25 miles south of the Chicago Loop. Geography Flossmoor is located at (41.541684, -87.684970). According ...

(east quarter) * Ford Heights * Glenwood (vast majority) * Homewood (half) *

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...

(south quarter) * Lynwood *

Olympia Fields Olympia Fields is a village and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. The municipality grew up around the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, originally established ...

(small portion) * Park Forest (small portion) * Sauk Village (vast majority) *

South Chicago Heights South Chicago Heights is a village and a Chicago Southland, south suburb in Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,026 at the 2020 census. Geography South Chicago Heights is located at (41.483375, −87. ...

* Steger (north half)

Unincorporated Towns

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Adjacent townships

* Thornton Township (north) *

North Township, Lake County, Indiana North Township is one of 11 townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 162,855 and it contained 67,828 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 90.32 ...

(northeast) *

St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana St. John Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66,741 and it contained 25,691 housing units. History St. John Township was established in 1848. It was named for John Hack, the firs ...

(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

U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...

Illinois Route 1 Illinois Route 1 (IL 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. Running parallel to the Indiana border, the highway starts at the free ferry crossing to Kentucky at Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River and runs north to the south sid ...

Illinois Route 394 Illinois Route 394 (IL 394), also known as the Calumet Expressway, is a four-lane state highway that travels north from a junction with IL 1 south of Crete to an interchange in South Holland with Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 ...

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 The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a governmental commission in Cook County, Illinois, that owns and manages a network of open spaces, containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes, that are mostly set aside as natural areas ...

Demographics

Political districts

Illinois's 2nd congressional district Illinois's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois. Based in the south suburbs of Chicago, the district includes southern Cook county, eastern Will county, and Kankakee county, as well as the city ...

* State House District 29 * State House District 30 * State House District 80 * State Senate District 15 * State Senate District 40

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Bloom Township official site

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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