Rich Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,

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located south of

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,138.

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serves as the governmental seat for the township.

Geography

According to the

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, Rich Township covers an area of ; of this, (99.36 percent) is land and (0.64 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Country Club Hills (south half) *

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 ...

(west three-quarters) * Frankfort (small portion) * Hazel Crest (small portion) * Homewood (small portion) * Matteson *

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(vast majority) * Park Forest (north three-quarters) *

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(small portion) * University Park (small portion)

Adjacent townships

* Bremen Township (north) * Thornton Township (northeast) * Bloom Township (east) * Monee Township, Will County (south) * Green Garden Township, Will County (southwest) * Frankfort Township, Will County (west) * Orland Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these eight cemeteries: Coopers Grove, Elliott Family, Lutheran, New German Evangelical Zion, Saint Anne, Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran, Saint Pauls Evangelical Reform and Zion Evangelical Lutheran.

Major highways

* Interstate 57 *

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* U.S. Route 45 * U.S. Route 30 *

Illinois Route 43 Illinois Route 43 (IL 43) is a major north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Frankfort north to the large intersection of IL 120 (Belvidere Road) and US 41 (Skokie Highway) ...

* Illinois Route 50

Airports and landing strips

* Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center Heliport * Prosperi Airport (historical)

Other Places

Lincoln Mall Lincoln Mall was a shopping mall located at the corner of U.S. Route 30 and Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago. History Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 with anchors Carson Pirie Scott, Montgomery Ward, Wieboldt's, an ...

Landmarks

* Augustinian Seminary * South Green Belt Forest Preserve (vast majority)

Demographics

As of 2020, the racial makeup of Rich Township was 74.1%

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, 16.7%

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, 1.1% Asian, 4.9%

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, and 2.9% some other race. Hispanic or Latino of any race made up 6.1% of the population.

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 37 * State House District 38 * State House District 80 * State Senate District 19 * State Senate District 40

Education

* Rich Township High School *

Southland College Preparatory Charter High School The Southland College Preparatory Charter High School (SCPHS; also known as Southland College Prep, Southland College Prep High School, or simply Southland) is a College Preparatory Charter High School in Richton Park, Illinois. The school serves t ...

Homewood-Flossmoor High School Homewood-Flossmoor High School (H-F) is a comprehensive public high school in Flossmoor, Illinois. The district encompasses nearly 11.5 square miles drawing students from Homewood, Flossmoor, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, Hazel Crest, and Olym ...

* Elementary School District 159 * Country Club Hills School District 160 * Flossmoor School District 161 *

Matteson School District 162 Matteson School District 162 is a suburban school district in Illinois, based in Richton Park. The district enrolls nearly 2,400 students, serving portions of Matteson, Richton Park, Olympia Fields, Park Forest and a small section of Universit ...

* Park Forest School District 163

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Rich Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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