Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois Explained

Official Name:Aroma Township
Settlement Type:Township
Image Map1:Map of Illinois highlighting Kankakee County.svg
Mapsize1:150px
Map Caption1:Kankakee County's location in Illinois
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Illinois
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kankakee
Leader Title:Supervisor
Leader Name:Lloyd Burling
Established Title:Established
Established Date:May 9, 1853
Area Total Sq Mi:37.98
Area Land Sq Mi:37.06
Area Water Sq Mi:0.92
Area Water Percent:2.42
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Sq Mi:139.2
Elevation M:184
Elevation Ft:604
Coordinates:41.0761°N -87.7794°W
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:60901, 60910, 60954, 60964
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:17-091-02245
Pop Est As Of:2016
Pop Est Footnotes:[1]
Population Est:4978
Unit Pref:Imperial

Aroma Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,157 and it contained 2,203 housing units.[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 97.58%) is land and (or 2.42%) is water.[2]

Aroma township includes the Iroquois Woods Nature Preserve and Strasma Park.

Cities, towns, villages

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Aroma Park, B'nai Israel, Bebe Family, Kankakee Memorial Gardens, Flower, and Leggtown.

Major highways

Government

The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 3955 South 3250 East Road, St. Anne, IL 60964.

Political districts

School districts

References

  1. Web site: Population and Housing Unit Estimates. June 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212201352/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17091 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-28.

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