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Aroma Township
Aroma Township
	— Township —
	Location in Kankakee County
	Coordinates: 41°04′34″N 87°46′46″W / 41.07611°N 87.77944°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kankakee
Established	May 9, 1853
	Government
- Supervisor	Morris Scott
	Area
- Total	38.11 sq mi (98.69 km2)
- Land	37.25 sq mi (96.49 km2)
- Water	0.85 sq mi (2.21 km2) 2.24%
Elevation	604 ft (184 m)
	Population (2000)
- Total	5,835
- Density	156.6/sq mi (60.5/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 2000 census, its population was 5,835^[1].

[edit] Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Aroma Township covers an area of 38.11 square miles (98.69 square kilometers); of this, 37.25 square miles (96.49 square kilometers, 97.77 percent) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.21 square kilometers, 2.24 percent) is water.

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

[edit] Cities, towns, villages

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Cemeteries

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

[edit] Major highways

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Political districts

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

[edit] School districts

Kankakee School District 111
Momence Community Unit School District 1

[edit] References

^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

[edit] External links

[0] United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

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