Proviso Township is one of 29

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 151,704. It was organized in 1850 and originally named "Taylor", but shortly afterward its name was changed to make reference to the

Wilmot Proviso The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the ...

, a contemporary piece of legislation intended to stop the spread of

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. The Proviso Township government office is located at 4565 W. Harrison Street, Hillside, IL 60162.

Geography

According to the

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, Proviso Township covers an area of .

Cities, towns, villages

* Bellwood * Berkeley * Broadview * Brookfield (northwest half) * Elmhurst (small portions) * Forest Park * Hillside * Hinsdale (small portion) *

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* Maywood * Melrose Park (vast majority) * North Riverside (small portions) * Northlake (south quarter) * Oak Brook (parts of certain residential lots) * Stone Park * Westchester * Western Springs (only small portion of Village)

Unincorporated Town

* Hines at

Adjacent townships

* Leyden Township (north) * River Forest Township (northeast) * Berwyn Township (east) * Oak Park Township (east) * Riverside Township (southeast) * Lyons Township (south) * Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (southwest) * York Township, DuPage County (west) * Addison Township, DuPage County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these fifteen cemeteries: Concordia, Forest Home, Free Sons of Israel, Glen Oak, Immanuel, Joseph and Sons Incorporated, Menorah, Mount Carmel, Oak Ridge, Old Settlers, Parkholm, Queen of Heaven, Waldheim, and Woodlawn.

Major highways

* Interstate 88 * Interstate 290 * Interstate 294 * U.S. Route 12 *

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* U.S. Route 34 *

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Airports and landing strips

* 86th USARCOM Heliport * Chicago Airmail Field (historical) *

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Heliport * Sauerman Heliport

Landmarks

* Edward Hines Veterans Administration Hospital *

* Millers Meadows (

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) *

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(Forest Preserve District of Cook County) * Wolf Road Prairie (Forest Preserve District of Cook County &

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)

Demographics

Education

The following public high school districts serve portions of Proviso Township: Lyons Township (La Grange Park and Western Springs), Riverside-Brookfield (Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside) and Proviso Township High Schools (Forest Park, Westchester, Maywood, Berkley, Hillside, Melrose Park, Stone Park, Broadview and Bellwood).

Political districts

* Illinois's 3rd congressional district, Illinois' 3rd Congressional District *

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* State House District 07 * State House District 08 * State House District 21 * State House District 41 * State House District 77 * State House District 78 * State Senate District 04 * State Senate District 11 * State Senate District 21 * State Senate District 39 * Cook County Commissioner District 1 * Cook County Commissioner District 16

Company B of the 192nd Tank Battalion

Some graduates of the early 1940s were members of Company B of the 192nd Tank Battalion, an Illinois

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Unit, whose involvement in the

Bataan Death March The Bataan Death March (Filipino: ''Martsa ng Kamatayan sa Bataan''; Spanish: ''Marcha de la muerte de Bataán'' ; Kapampangan: ''Martsa ning Kematayan quing Bataan''; Japanese: バターン死の行進, Hepburn: ''Batān Shi no Kōshin'') wa ...

during

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, has been commemorated every year in Maywood since 1942. 137 township residents were killed or captured during the event.[Geserick, June; ''MAYWOOD SHOWS SONS IT WON'T FORGET HEROISM :30,000 See Ceremonies of Bataan Day''; 13 September 1942; ''Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963)''; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1986). (Document ID: 473319512); accessed 22 July 2009]

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

* ttps://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0600000US1703162133&y=2010&d=DEC%20Summary%20File%202&tid=DECENNIALSF22010.PCT1

External links

Proviso Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site

Maywood Bataan Day Organization
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