Niles Township | |
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Coordinates: 42°01′56″N 87°45′30″W / 42.03222°N 87.75833°WCoordinates: 42°01′56″N 87°45′30″W / 42.03222°N 87.75833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Cook |
Area | |
• Total | 21.25 sq mi (55.05 km2) |
• Land | 21.25 sq mi (55.05 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Elevation | 623 ft (190 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Estimate (2016)[1] | 105,285 |
• Density | 4,982/sq mi (1,923.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 60025, 60029, 60053, 60076, 60077, 60091, 60201, 60202, 60203, 60645, 60712, 60714 |
FIPS code | 17-031-53013 |
Niles Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 105,882.[2]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Niles Township covers an area of 21.25 square miles (55.0 km2).
Cities, towns, villages
- Glenview (southeast segment)
- Golf
- Lincolnwood
- Morton Grove (east three-quarters)
- Niles (southeast half)
- Skokie
Adjacent townships
- New Trier Township (north)
- Maine Township (west)
- Northfield Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these eight cemeteries: Beth Jacob, Dewes, Memorial, New Light, Saint Adelbert, Saint Matthews, Saint Pauls Lutheran and Saint Peters Catholic.
Major highways
Airports and landing strips
- Lincolnwood Town Center Heliport
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2016 (est.) | 105,285 | [1] | |
U.S. Decennial Census[3] |
Education
Public schools
The Niles Township area contains ten main public school districts. Nine are elementary and middle/junior high school districts, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. One is a high school district containing two high schools with grades nine through twelve:
- Golf School District 67
- Skokie School District 68
- Skokie/Morton Grove School District 69
- Morton Grove School District 70
- Niles Elementary School District 71
- Fairview South School District 72
- East Prairie School District 73
- Skokie School District 73½
- Lincolnwood School District 74
- Niles Township High School District 219
Religious day schools
- Jewish
- Arie Crown Hebrew Day School (pre-K through 8th), boys and girls
- Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School (pre-K through 8th), separate boys and girls programs
- Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School (pre-K through 8th), boys and girls
- Ida Crown Jewish Academy (9th through 12th), boys and girls
- Fasman Yeshiva High School (9th through 12th), boys only
- Solomon Schechter Day School Ginsburg Early Childhood Center. From 1978 to 2012 the day school had a campus in Skokie. After 2012 day students were moved to Northbrook, and the building is now MCC Academy's elementary school. The closure of the Skokie facility occurred as fewer Jewish people lived in Skokie.
- Muslim
- MCC Academy (Pre-K through elementary are in Skokie, with secondary students in Morton Grove)
- Roman Catholic
- St. Joan of Arc School (K-8), of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Higher education
Oakton Community College is the area community college and is one of the top rated community colleges in the Midwest, with a main campus in Des Plaines and a satellite campus in Skokie. Oakton offer associate degrees, certificate programs, non-credit classes, and emeritus classes, as well as vocational programs, technology education, and classes in the visual and performing arts. The school's athletic program offers competitive volleyball, basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, softball, soccer, track, cross country, cheerleading, and intramural sports. Oakton's foreign language offerings include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Spanish, as well as English as a second language, and resources exist to support students with physical, mental, emotional and behavioral disabilities.
Political districts
- Illinois's 9th congressional district
- State House District 15
- State House District 16
- State House District 17
- State House District 18
- State House District 20
- State Senate District 08
- State Senate District 09
- State Senate District 10
References
- "Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States National Atlas
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Niles township, Cook County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.