Cuba Township, Lake County, Illinois

Cuba Township
—  Township  —
Location in Lake County
Lake County's location in Illinois
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lake
Area
• Total	24.15 sq mi (62.56 km2)
• Land	23.09 sq mi (59.81 km2)
• Water	1.06 sq mi (2.75 km2)  4.4%
Elevation	764 ft (233 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	15,749
• Density	682.1/sq mi (263.3/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0428863
Website	www.cubatownship.com

Cuba Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 15,749^[1]. Cuba Township was originally named Troy Township, but was renamed at about the time of the Spanish American War.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Airports and landing strips 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Cuba Township covers an area of 24.15 square miles (62.5 km²); of this, 1.06 square miles (2.7 km²) or 4.4 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Davlins Pond, Grassy Lake, Honey Lake, Lake Barrington, Flint Lake, Lake Sheree and North Tower Lake. The stream of Flint Creek runs through this township.

Cities and towns

• Barrington Hills (northeast edge)
• Barrington (northwest quarter)
• Deer Park (west edge)
• Fox River Grove (east edge)
• Fox River Valley Gardens (southeast quarter)
• Lake Barrington (vast majority)
• North Barrington (west three-quarters)
• Tower Lakes

Adjacent townships

• Wauconda Township (north)
• Fremont Township (northeast)
• Ela Township (east)
• Palatine Township, Cook County (southeast)
• Barrington Township, Cook County (south)
• Algonquin Township, McHenry County (west)
• Nunda Township, McHenry County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Saint Paul and White.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 14
• Illinois State Route 22
• Illinois State Route 59

Airports and landing strips

• Freier Airport

References

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

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com
• US Census
• Illinois State Archives
• Cuba Township

Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Illinois, USA County seat: Waukegan Cities Highland Park Highwood Lake Forest North Chicago Park City Waukegan Zion Villages Antioch Arlington Heights‡ Bannockburn Barrington‡ Barrington Hills‡ Beach Park Buffalo Grove‡ Deerfield‡ Deer Park‡ Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Indian Creek Island Lake‡ Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor‡ Libertyville Lincolnshire Lindenhurst Long Grove Mettawa Mundelein North Barrington Old Mill Creek Port Barrington‡ Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Third Lake Tower Lakes Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Wheeling‡ Winthrop Harbor Townships Antioch Avon Benton Cuba Ela Fremont Grant Lake Villa Libertyville Moraine Newport Shields Vernon Warren Wauconda Waukegan West Deerfield Zion Unincorporated communities Channel Lake Forest Lake Fort Sheridan Fox Lake Hills Gages Lake Grandwood Park Ingleside Ivanhoe Knollwood Lake Catherine Long Lake Palm Beach Prairie View Rondout Rosecrans Russell Sylvan Lake Venetian Village Wildwood Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties