Orland Township, Cook County, Illinois

Orland Township
—  Township  —
Location in Cook County
Cook County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°36′06″N 87°51′13″W / 41.60167°N 87.85361°W / 41.60167; -87.85361Coordinates: 41°36′06″N 87°51′13″W / 41.60167°N 87.85361°W / 41.60167; -87.85361
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Area
– Total	36.47 sq mi (94.45 km2)
– Land	35.74 sq mi (92.55 km2)
– Water	0.73 sq mi (1.89 km2)  2%
Elevation	705 ft (215 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	91,418
– Density	2,557.9/sq mi (987.8/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60452, 60462, 60467, 60477
GNIS feature ID	0429505

Orland Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 91,418^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Orland Township covers an area of 36.47 square miles (94.5 km²); of this, 35.74 square miles (92.6 km²) (97.99 percent) is land and 0.73 square miles (1.9 km²) (1.89 square kilometers, 2 percent) is water. It includes the entire village of Orland Hills, almost all of Orland Park, as well as a large portion of Tinley Park.

Boundaries

Orland Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43) on the east, 135th Street on the north, Will-Cook Road on the west (where Cook County and Will County share a border), and 183rd Street on the south (which is also the Cook-Will county border).

Cities, towns, villages

• Orland Hills
• Orland Park
• Tinley Park

Adjacent townships

• Palos Township (north)
• Worth Township (northeast)
• Bremen Township (east)
• Rich Township (southeast)
• Frankfort Township, Will County (south)
• New Lenox Township, Will County (southwest)
• Homer Township, Will County (west)
• Lemont Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Cooper, German Methodist, Old German Methodist and Orland Park.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 6
• Illinois Route 7

Lakes

• Ashbourne Lake
• Laguna Lake
• Turtlehead Lake

Landmarks

• Orland Grove Forest Preserve (south three-quarters)
• Orland Tract Forest Preserve
• Tinley Creek Woods (Cook County Forest Preserves) (west three-quarters)

Political districts

• Illinois' 1st congressional district
• State House District 28
• State House District 35
• State House District 37
• State House District 81
• State Senate District 14
• State Senate District 18
• State Senate District 19
• State Senate District 41

References

• "Orland Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429505. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• History of Orland, Il.
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Township Officials of Illinois
• Cook County sfficial site