According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Palos Township has a total area of , of which (or 95.34%) is land and (or 4.66%) is water.
Borders Palos Township is bordered on the north by
Lyons Township, on the east by
Worth Township, on the south by
Orland Township, and on the west by
Lemont Township. The northwest border with Lyons Township follows the
Des Plaines River, directly adjacent to the
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (managed by the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago) which connects
Lake Michigan with the
Mississippi River. Other bordering township include
Homer Township (Will County) on the southwest corner;
Bremen Township (Cook County) on the southeast corner;
Stickney Township (Cook County) on the northeast corner and
Downers Grove Township (DuPage County) on the northwest corner.
Cities, towns, villages •
Bridgeview (the quarter southwest of 87th Street and Harlem Avenue) •
Hickory Hills (all but the small portion north of 87th Street) •
Orland Park (the small area north of 135th Street) •
Palos Heights (the half west of Harlem) •
Palos Hills •
Palos Park (all but a small area west of Will-Cook Road) •
Willow Springs (the largely non-residential portion south of 87th Street and east of the Des Plaines River, and east of the DuPage County line) •
Worth (the third west of Harlem)
Unincorporated Towns •
Southmoor at
Adjacent townships •
Lyons Township (north) •
Stickney Township (northeast) •
Worth Township (east) •
Bremen Township (southeast) •
Orland Township (south) •
Homer Township, Will County (southwest) •
Lemont Township (west) •
Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (northwest)
Cemeteries The township contains three cemeteries: Fairmount-Willow Hills, Oak Hill and Sacred Heart Catholic.
Major highways •
Interstate 294 •
U.S. Route 12 •
U.S. Route 20 •
U.S. Route 45 •
Illinois Route 7 •
Illinois Route 43 •
Illinois Route 83 •
Illinois Route 171 Airports and landing strips • Palos Community Hospital Heliport
Lakes • Bullfrog Lake • Hambone Lake • Horsetail Lake • Lake Katherine • Maple Lake • Papoose Lake • Tampier Lake • Tuma Lake
Landmarks • Orland Grove Forest Preserve • Palos Sag-Valley Forest Preserve These
Cook County Forest Preserves woods: • Burr Oak Woods (west quarter) • Cherry Hill Woods • Crooked Creek Woods • Forty Acres Woods • Groundhog Slough Woods • Henry De Tonty • Hickory Hills Woods • Hidden Pond Woods • Mcclaughry Springs Woods • Mcmahon Woods • Paddock Woods • Palos Park Woods • Paw Paw Woods • Pioneer Woods • Pulaski Woods • Saganashkee Slough Woods • Spears Woods • Swallow Cliff Woods • Tampier Slough Woods (east half) • White Oak Woods • Willow Springs Woods • Wolf Road Woods ==Demographics==