Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois

Aroma Township
Township
Location in Kankakee County
Kankakee County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°04′34″N 87°46′46″W / 41.07611°N 87.77944°W / 41.07611; -87.77944Coordinates: 41°04′34″N 87°46′46″W / 41.07611°N 87.77944°W / 41.07611; -87.77944
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kankakee
Established	May 9, 1853
Government
• Supervisor	Morris Scott
Area
• Total	37.98 sq mi (98.4 km²)
• Land	37.06 sq mi (96.0 km²)
• Water	0.92 sq mi (2.4 km²) 2.42%
Elevation	604 ft (184 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	5,157
• Density	139.2/sq mi (53.7/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	60901, 60910, 60954, 60964
GNIS feature ID	0428600

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.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.98 square miles (98.4 km²), of which 37.06 square miles (96.0 km²) (or 97.58%) is land and 0.92 square miles (2.4 km²) (or 2.42%) is water.^[1]

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

Cities, towns, villages

Aroma Park (vast majority)
Kankakee (east edge)
Sammons Point (east edge)
Sun River Terrace (southwest quarter)

Adjacent townships

Ganeer Township (northeast)
St. Anne Township (southeast)
Papineau Township, Iroquois County (south)
Chebanse Township, Iroquois County (southwest)
Kankakee Township (west)
Otto Township (west)
Bourbonnais Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

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

Major highways

Junction of the Iroquois River (left) and the Kankakee River

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

Illinois' 11th congressional district
State House District 79
State Senate District 40

School districts

Kankakee School District 111
Momence Community Unit School District 1

References

1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Kankakee

Cities	Kankakee Momence

Villages	Aroma Park Bonfield Bourbonnais Bradley Buckingham Cabery‡ Chebanse‡ Essex Grant Park Herscher Hopkins Park Irwin Limestone Manteno Reddick‡ St. Anne Sammons Point Sun River Terrace Union Hill

Townships	Aroma Bourbonnais Essex Ganeer Kankakee Limestone Manteno Momence Norton Otto Pembroke Pilot Rockville St. Anne Salina Sumner Yellowhead

Unincorporated communities	Ahern Altorf Clarke City Deselm Dickeys Doney Edgetown Eldridge Exline Flickerville Frielings Garden of Eden Goodrich Greenwich Illiana Heights Illinoi‡ Indian Oaks Leesville Lehigh Litchfield Log Cabin Camp Otto Puder River St. Anne Woods Saint George Shadow Lawn Sherburnville Sollitt Sugar Island Tallmadge Whitaker Wichert Woodland Yeager

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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