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UTC-5 ( CDT) FIPS code. 17-119-27182. Foster Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,091 and it contained 1,663 housing units. [2]
Thomson is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 590 at the 2010 census, up from 559 at the 2000 census. Just north of the village is the United States Penitentiary, Thomson, a mostly-unused former state prison, purchased by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2012.
The organization opened an orphanage for children on Washington Street in Downers Grove. By 1913, the organization was operating four orphanages in Illinois (Downers Grove, Berwyn, Chicago, and Maywood). [6] During the 1940s, Ermit L. Finch arrived at the organization's Lake Villa campus after his parents died. [6]
Albany Park (/ ˈ ɔː l b ə n i / ⓘ AWL-bə-nee) is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago.Located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago with the North Branch of the Chicago River forming its east and north boundaries, it includes the ethnically diverse Albany Park neighborhood, with one of the highest percentages of foreign-born residents of any Chicago neighborhood.
Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, [1] making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most populous in the southern portion of the state. The county seat is Edwardsville, and the largest city ...
Cook County is organized into townships except for the city of Chicago: in 1902, voters in Chicago chose to abolish the eight townships in the city. [5]There are 17 counties with no township government: Alexander, Calhoun, Edwards, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Scott, Union, Wabash, and Williamson. [5]
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Area code (s) 630/331, 708/464. FIPS code. 17-031-62133. Website. www.provisotownship.com. Proviso Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 151,209. [ 1 ] It was organized in 1850 and originally named "Taylor", but shortly afterward its name was changed to make reference ...