Wheeling Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County,

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, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 153,630. It is the northeasternmost and most populated of the six northwest Cook County townships that form the panhandle.

Geography

According to the

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, Wheeling Township covers an area of ; of this, (99.74 percent) is land and (0.26 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Arlington Heights * Buffalo Grove *

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(northwestern edge) * Glenview * Mount Prospect (northern edge) * Northbrook *

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(east of Hwy 53) * Prospect Heights (vast majority) *

Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 24,200. History In 1836, Orrin Ford became the first landowner in the area that is now Rolling Meadows, staking his claim of in an area ...

* Wheeling (vast majority)

Adjacent townships

* Vernon Township, Lake County (north) * West Deerfield Township, Lake County (northeast) * Northfield Township (east) * Maine Township (southeast) *

Elk Grove Township Elk Grove Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 92,905. Elk Grove Township formerly housed the United Airlines headquarters. Geography According to the United States Census B ...

(south) * Palatine Township (west) * Ela Township, Lake County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: English, Memory Gardens, Randhill Park, Saint Marys, Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran, Shalom Memorial Park and Wheeling.

Major highways

U.S. Route 12 U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) and I-94, but unlike most U.S. routes that ...

U.S. Route 14 U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...

* U.S. Route 45 *

Illinois Route 21 Illinois Route 21 (IL 21) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Niles to U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway) north of Gurnee. Illinois 21 is 28.13 miles (45.27&nbs ...

Illinois Route 68 Illinois Route 68 (IL 68) is a east–west state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels east from IL 72 (Higgins Road) in the Dundee area to the concurrency of Interstate 94 (I-94)/ U.S. Route ...

* Illinois Route 83

Airports and landing strips

Chicago Executive Airport Chicago Executive Airport , formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights ...

Lakes

* Potawatomi Lake

Landmarks

* Hersey High School * Prospect High School * Buffalo Grove High School * Wheeling High School

Demographics

Political districts

* Illinois's 8th congressional district *

Illinois's 9th congressional district The 9th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties as of the 2021 redistricting which followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Chicago, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, ...

* Illinois's 10th congressional district * State House District 53 * State House District 57 * State House District 59 * State House District 66 * State Senate District 27 * State Senate District 29 * State Senate District 30 * State Senate District 33 - Elected Officials Jeff Battinus - Trustee Brian Medley - Trustee Ruth O'Connell - Trustee Kathy Penner - Supervisor Jerry Sadler - Assessor JoAnne Schultz - Trustee Joanna Gauza - Clerk

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Wheeling Township official website

Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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