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State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]
Rockford Township, Winnebago County, Illinois - 291.88 km² (112.7 sq mi) Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois - 225.32 km² (87.0 sq mi) Wade Township, Jasper County, Illinois - 193 km² (74.5 mi²) Wabash Township, Clark County, Illinois - 189.3 km² (73.1 sq mi) Butler Township, Vermilion County, Illinois - 186.9 km² (72.1 sq mi)
Counties lacking township government. Of the 102 counties in the state of Illinois, 17 are divided into minor civil divisions known as precincts. [1] The 261 [citation needed] such precincts in Illinois are listed below.
C. Cahokia Township, Macoupin County, Illinois; Caledonia Township, Boone County, Illinois; Calumet Township, Cook County, Illinois; Camargo Township, Douglas County ...
The administrative divisions of Illinois are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts. [1] 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]
Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.
Thornton Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,865. [1] Incorporated in 1850, it is located immediately south of the city of Chicago. It is the second most populous township in Illinois as of the 2020 census, after Rockford Township (pop. 170,478) in Winnebago County. [1]
Cicero Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is coextensive with the town of Cicero . [ 1 ] As of the 2020 census, its population was 85,268.