Bloom Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,

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, USA. 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, 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 ...

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). Accordi ...

(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, maki ...

(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 establishe ...

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

South Chicago Heights South Chicago Heights is a village and a south suburb in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,026 at the 2020 census. Geography South Chicago Heights is located at (41.483375, −87.637461). According to the 2010 census, S ...

* Steger (north half)

Unincorporated Towns

* Holbrook at

Adjacent townships

* Thornton Township (north) * North Township, Lake County, Indiana (northeast) * St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana (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 * Illinois Route 1 * Illinois Route 394

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

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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