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Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

42°11′00″N 87°48′16″W / 42.18338°N 87.80456°W / 42.18338; -87.80456CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyLakeGovernment

• SupervisorAnne Flanigan BassiArea

• Total11.9 sq mi (30.9 km²) • Land11.9 sq mi (30.8 km²) • Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²)Elevation

646 ft (197 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

33,916Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-097-50364Websitewww.morainetownship.org

Moraine Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 34,129.^[2] Moraine Township was originally called Deerfield Township, but the name was changed on October 29, 1998.

Geography

Moraine Township covers an area of 11.9 square miles (30.9 km²); of this, 0.03 square miles (0.08 km²) or 0.27 percent is water.^[2]

Cities and towns

Deerfield (east edge)
Highland Park (northeast three-quarters)
Highwood
Lake Forest (southeast edge)

Adjacent townships

New Trier Township, Cook County (southeast)
Northfield Township, Cook County (south)
West Deerfield Township (west)
Shields Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Daggitt, Fort Sheridan, Mooney, and Saint Marys.

Major highways

U.S. Route 41

Airports and landing strips

Gieser Heliport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	33,916	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Moraine township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.