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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]
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.
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]
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)
C. Cahokia Township, Macoupin County, Illinois; Caledonia Township, Boone County, Illinois; Calumet Township, Cook County, Illinois; Camargo Township, Douglas County ...
This is a map showing Illinois counties Modification of David Benbennick's map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps . {{PD-self}} Maps of Illinois]]
Roscoe Township is located in Winnebago County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,694 and it contained 7,497 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,694 and it contained 7,497 housing units.
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.