Lyons Township, Cook County, Illinois
| Lyons Township | |
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| Township | |
 Location in Cook County |
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 Cook County's location in Illinois |
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| Coordinates: 41°46′29″N 87°51′35″W / 41.77472°N 87.85972°WCoordinates: 41°46′29″N 87°51′35″W / 41.77472°N 87.85972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | William Mundy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.9 sq mi (95.7 km2) |
| • Land | 36.37 sq mi (94.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.58 sq mi (1.49 km2) 1.56% |
| Elevation | 620 ft (189 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 111,688 |
| • Density | 3,070/sq mi (1,185.5/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 60402, 60457, 60458, 60480 60501, 60513, 60521, 60525, 60526, 60534, 60546, 60558 60638 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0429298 |
| Website | www |
Lyons Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 111,688. Lyons Township was established in 1850. The nearby unincorporated area of Lyons is often incorrectly referred to as "Lyons Township"
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lyons Township covers an area of 36.95 square miles (95.7 km2); of this, 36.38 square miles (94.2 km2) (98.44 percent) is land and 0.57 square miles (1.5 km2) (1.56 percent) is water.
The boundaries of Lyons Township are Harlem Avenue on the east; the Cook-DuPage County boundary (County Line Road) on the west; the line of 87th Street on the south, except west of Willow Springs, where it follows the Des Plaines River to the Cook-DuPage county line; and the line of 39th Street (Southview Avenue, Brewster Avenue) on the north. There are seventeen municipalities in or partially within Lyons Township's thirty-seven square miles of territory:
There is one unincorporated community in the township:
The township contains these six cemeteries: Archer Woods Memorial Park, Bethania, LaGrange, Lithuanian National, Resurrection and Saint Johns.
As of the 2010 census:
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