Shields Township is a

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in Lake County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,062. The

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is located in this township.

Geography

Shields Township covers an area of .

Cities and towns

Lake Bluff Lake Bluff (formerly Rockland) is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,616. History The first settler family to claim land within the area now part of Lake Bluff arrived in 1836. They cl ...

* Lake Forest (north half) *

North Chicago North Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and ...

(Great Lakes Naval Base)

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* Knollwood CDP (eastern half)

Adjacent townships

* Waukegan Township (north) * Moraine Township (southeast) * West Deerfield Township (south) * Vernon Township (southwest) * Libertyville Township (west) * Warren Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Lake Forest and Saint Marys.

Major highways

U.S. Route 41 U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miam ...

* Illinois State Route 43 *

Illinois State Route 60 Illinois Route 60 (IL 60) is a east–west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois. It connects the village of Volo at Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59 with the city of Lake Forest at U. ...

* Illinois State Route 131 * Illinois State Route 137 *

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Airports and landing strips

* Lake Forest Hospital Heliport

Railroad lines

Union Pacific North Line The Union Pacific North Line (UP-N) is a Metra line in the Chicago metropolitan area. It runs between Ogilvie Transportation Center and Kenosha, Wisconsin; however, most trains terminate in Waukegan, Illinois. Although Metra owns the rolling st ...

Demographics

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Shields Township official website

US Census

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