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  2. Administrative divisions of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]

  3. Village (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In formal usage, a "village" is a type of administrative division at the local government level. Since the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from legislating on local government, the states are free to have political subdivisions called "villages" or not to and to define the word in many ways.

  4. Category:Villages in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The main article for this category is List of towns and villages in Illinois; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villages in Illinois; See also Illinois and categories Cities in Illinois, Towns in Illinois, Census-designated places in Illinois, Unincorporated communities in Illinois

  5. Government of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Illinois, under Illinois' Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions.

  6. List of municipalities in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 October 2024. "Cities in Illinois" redirects here. For unincorporated communities, see List of unincorporated communities in Illinois. For CDPs, see List of census-designated places in Illinois. Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted Illinois is a state located in the Midwestern United ...

  7. Township (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Michigan has created charter townships as a separate type of government to allow greater flexibility for township governments to serve urbanized populations. In Michigan, as in other states with like systems (though sometimes different names), a township is an administrative division of a county, which is an administrative division of the state.

  8. Category:Local government in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois counties (115 C, 105 P) ... Pages in category "Local government in Illinois" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

  9. Category:Villages in Illinois by county - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Villages in Illinois. It includes villages that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .