Bremen Township is one of 29

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 110,118. It was organized in 1850 and is located southwest of

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in southern Cook County. An administrative office for Bremen Township is located at 16361 South Kedzie Parkway,

Markham, Illinois Markham is a city and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,661 at the 2020 census. Geography Markham is located at (41.597467, -87.691570). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Markh ...

. It is named after the State of the same name in Germany as this area was settled by primarily German settlers.

Geography

According to the

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, Bremen Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 0.30 percent, is water. Bremen Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (

Illinois Route 43 Illinois Route 43 (IL 43) is a major north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Frankfort north to the large intersection of IL 120 (Belvidere Road) and US 41 (Skokie Highway) in ...

) on the west, 135th Street on the north, Western Avenue on the east and 183rd Street on the south.

Cities, Towns, Villages

Blue Island Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois, located approximately south of Chicago's Loop. Blue Island is adjacent to the city of Chicago and shares its northern boundary with that city's Morgan Park neighborhood. The population was 22,558 ...

(the remaining portion lies in Worth Township) * Country Club Hills (the remaining portion lies in Rich Township) * Crestwood (the remaining portion lies in Worth Township) *

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(the extreme western edge of Harvey, the remaining 99% lies in Thornton Township) *

Hazel Crest Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,382 at the 2020 census. History Hazel Crest was first settled in 1870 in a farming community known as South Harvey. An enterprising newspaper editor named ...

(the remaining portion lies in both Thornton Township and Rich Township) * Homewood (the remaining portion lies in both Thornton Township and Rich Township) *

Markham Markham may refer to: It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873. Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * ...

(the remaining portion lies in Thornton Township) *

Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh, ...

* Oak Forest *

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(the extreme eastern edge of Orland Park, the remaining 99% lies in mostly Orland Township with small portions in Palos Township and Frankfort Township) * Posen (the remaining portion lies in Thornton Township) * Robbins (the remaining portion lies in Worth Township) *

Tinley Park Tinley Park (formerly Bremen) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 55,971. It is one of the fastest growing suburbs ...

(which also has a large portion in Orland Township with smaller sections in Rich Township and Frankfort Township, Will County)

Unincorporated Towns

* Goeselville at

Adjacent townships

* Worth Township (north) * Calumet Township (northeast) * Thornton Township (east) * Bloom Township (southeast) * Rich Township (south) * Frankfort Township, Will County (southwest) * Orland Township (west) * Palos Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Bachelor Grove, County, Lewis Memorial Park, Saint Gabriel Catholic, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran and Zion Lutheran.

Major highways

Interstate 57 Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essen ...

Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...

* Interstate 294 *

U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...

Illinois Route 50 Illinois Route 50 (IL 50) is a north–south state road in northeastern Illinois. It runs from the junction with U.S. Route 45 (US 45) and U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in West Kankakee north to US 41 in Skokie. In Chicago and the sub ...

Lakes

* Dolphin Lake * Twin Lakes (Oak Forest)

Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, with a population of 110,575 residents, Bremen Township was: * White: 57.9% * Black: 32.0% * American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2% * Asian: 1.9% * Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.03% * Some other race: 5.8% * Two or more races: 2.1% * Hispanic or Latino (any race): 13.4%

Education

The public high school district for most of Bremen Township is

Bremen Community High School District 228 Bremen High School District 228 is a public four year high school district covering about in Bremen Township. It serves the communities of Midlothian, Posen, Tinley Park, Markham, Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills, and Oak Forest in southern Co ...

which includes

Oak Forest High School Oak Forest High School is a public high school located in Oak Forest, Illinois. It is part of Bremen Community High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Hillcrest High School and Bremen High School. It serves most of ...

, Bremen High School,

Tinley Park High School Tinley Park High School, TPHS or simply Tinley is a public high school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. It is part of Bremen Community High School District 228 which also includes Oak Forest High School ...

, and Hillcrest High School.

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Bremen Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County Official Site
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