Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois

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Stickney Township
Township
Location in Cook County
Location in Cook County
Cook County's location in Illinois
Cook County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°46′24″N 87°46′07″W / 41.77333°N 87.76861°W / 41.77333; -87.76861Coordinates: 41°46′24″N 87°46′07″W / 41.77333°N 87.76861°W / 41.77333; -87.76861
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyCook
Established1901
Area
 • Total12.69 sq mi (32.87 km2)
 • Land12.5 sq mi (32.4 km2)
 • Water0.18 sq mi (0.47 km2)  1.43%
Elevation
614 ft (187 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
40,624
 • Density3,259/sq mi (1,258.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
60402, 60455, 60459, 60629, 60638, 60804
FIPS code17-031-72689
Websitewww.townshipofstickney.org

Stickney Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,772,[2] with approximately 71% of that total living in the city of Burbank (pop. 28,925).

Township offices are located at 5635 W. State Road in Burbank. Other municipalities in the township include Stickney (pop. 6,786) and Forest View (pop. 698), and the largely industrial eastern half of Bedford Park, as well as some small portions of Bridgeview. The unincorporated communities of Central Stickney and Nottingham Park are also within the township. Stickney Township's approximate borders are Pershing Road (39th Street) on the north, Cicero Avenue on the east, 87th Street on the south, and Harlem Avenue on the west, excepting those areas in the Chicago communities of Garfield Ridge and Clearing (which include Chicago Midway International Airport), but also including the area between Laramie and Cicero Avenues as far north as 35th Street, where Hawthorne Race Course is located. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, designated a National Historic District in 2011, passes through the northwest corner of the township.

Geography[]

According to the United States Census Bureau, Stickney Township covers an area of 12.69 square miles (32.9 km2); of this, 12.51 square miles (32.4 km2) (98.57 percent) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2) (1.43 percent) is water.

Borders[]

Stickney Township is bordered on the north by Berwyn and Cicero townships, on the west by Lyons Township, and on the south by Worth Township. On the east, it is bordered by the Chicago communities of West Lawn and Ashburn, as well as portions of the Garfield Ridge and Clearing communities that separate Stickney Township's two regions. Stickney Township was originally part of Lake Township, until much of its area was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889; afterward, the remaining area became part of Lyons Township until 1901.

Cities, towns, villages[]

What became the southwest projection of the city of Chicago was within this township geographically until the area was annexed. However, small portions of the city consisting primarily of industrial districts bordered by the Stevenson Expressway to the north, 51st Street to the south and Central Avenue to the east is located in the north segment of this township. A business park with a few properties platted to the City of Chicago are in the northeast corner in the south segment of the township as well.

Adjacent townships[]

Cemeteries[]

A cluttered signpost at Central Avenue near I-55, noting the boundary of Central Stickney, Illinois, just southwest of Chicago

The township contains Mount Auburn Memorial Cemetery.

Major highways[]

Airports and landing strips[]

  • Rose Packing Company Heliport

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
2016 (est.)40,624[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Education[]

Students south of I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) attend schools in (Charles J. Sahs Elementary School) and Burbank School District 111, followed by Reavis High School. Students in the more lightly populated area north of I-55 attend schools in Lyons School District 103, then Morton West High School in Berwyn.

Politics[]

Since 1973, the township supervisor has been Louis Viverito of Burbank; he has also served as the township's Cook County Democratic committeeman from 1969 to February 2007, and as an Illinois state senator from 1995 to 2011.

Political districts[]

  • Illinois' 3rd congressional district
  • State House District 21
  • State House District 22
  • State House District 23
  • State House District 31
  • State Senate District 11
  • State Senate District 12
  • State Senate District 16

Notable person[]

  • Ralph A. Beezhold (1927-2007), Illinois state representative and businessman, lived in Stickney Township.[4]

References[]

  • "Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Stickney township, Cook County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1967-1968,' Biographical Sketch of Beezhold, pg. 203-204

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