Lemont Township is one of 29

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, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 21,113.

Geography

According to the

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, Lemont Township covers an area of ; of this, (96.81 percent) is land and (3.19 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Lemont (most) *

Palos Park Palos Park is a village in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,899. Geography Palos Park is located at (41.665682, -87.836633). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Palos Park ...

(west edge) * Willow Springs (west edge) * Woodridge (partial)

Unincorporated towns

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at * Sag Bridge at

Adjacent townships

* Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (north) * Lyons Township (northeast) * Palos Township (east) * Orland Township (southeast) * Homer Township, Will County (south) * Lockport Township, Will County (southwest) * DuPage Township, Will County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Bethany Lutheran, Danish, Mount Vernon Memorial Park and Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran.

Major highways

* Illinois Route 83 *

Illinois Route 171 Illinois Route 171 (IL 171) is a north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Joliet north to Illinois Route 72 at the Chicago– Park Ridge border. The section of IL 171 on Archer Av ...

Airports and landing strips

* Lemont Fire Department Heliport * Lemont Industrial Park Airport (Closed and demolished for residential subdivision)

Rivers

Des Plaines River The Des Plaines River () is a river that flows southward for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois''American H ...

Lakes

* Goose Lake

Landmarks

* Black Partridge Forest * Red Gate Woods (

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 ...

) * Sag Quarries Forest Preserve * Tampier Slough Woods (

)

Demographics

Political districts

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* State House District 82 * State Senate District 41

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Lemont Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County Official Site
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