Orland Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,

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, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 97,558.

Geography

According to the

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, Orland Township covers an area of ; of this, (97.99 percent) is land and (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

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Boundaries

Orland Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (

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) 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 (vast majority) *

(half)

Unincorporated towns

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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 five cemeteries: Cooper, German Methodist, Old German Methodist, Orland Park Memorial, and Tinley Park Memorial.

Major highways

* U.S. Route 6 * Illinois Route 7 * U.S. Route 45 *

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)

Demographics

Politics

There are many political organizations in Orland Township. The Regular Democratic Organization for Orland Township, represents all Democratic candidates. In the

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, Orland township was one of only four suburban Cook County townships to vote for the

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ticket of incumbents

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and

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over the Democratic Party ticket of Joe Biden and

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. The other three townships which voted Republican were Lemont, Norwood Park, and Palos. The township had a turnout of 74.4%, and cast 27,853 votes for the Republican ticket and 26,261 for the Democratic ticket.

Political districts

The following political districts contain portions of the township: * Illinois's 1st congressional district *

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* 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

*
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Orland Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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