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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)
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]
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.
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]
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]
Warren Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,883. [1] The cities of Gurnee, Park City, and Grayslake lie within its borders. The township was established in 1850 by settlers who came from the town of Warren, New York.
Fixed typo in source to add Randolph County. 18:58, 24 February 2007: 3,453 × 6,157 (84 KB) Dual Freq: This is a map highlighting Illinois counties without township government (Precincts not townships). Modification of David Benbennick's map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. {{PD-self}} [[Categor
B. Bainbridge Township, Schuyler County, Illinois; Bald Bluff Township, Henderson County, Illinois; Bald Hill Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; Ball Township ...