Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

41°04′34″N 87°46′46″W / 41.07611°N 87.77944°W / 41.07611; -87.77944CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyKankakeeEstablishedMay 9, 1853Government

• SupervisorLloyd BurlingArea

• Total37.98 sq mi (98.4 km²) • Land37.06 sq mi (96.0 km²) • Water0.92 sq mi (2.4 km²) 2.42%Elevation

604 ft (184 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

4,978 • Density139.2/sq mi (53.7/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

60901, 60910, 60954, 60964

FIPS code17-091-02245

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	4,978	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

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

School districts

Kankakee School District 111
Momence Community Unit School District 1

References

"Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.