- Source: Essex Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
Essex Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,480 and it contained 686 housing units.
History
The now lost towns of Tracy, Oklahoma, and Clarke City, which housed coal miners in the 1800s, were located in Essex Township.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.23 square miles (93.8 km2), of which 35.64 square miles (92.3 km2) (or 98.37%) is land and 0.59 square miles (1.5 km2) (or 1.63%) is water.
= Cities, towns, villages
=Essex
= Adjacent townships
=Reed Township, Will County (north)
Custer Township, Will County (northeast)
Salina Township (east)
Pilot Township (southeast)
Norton Township (south)
Greenfield Township, Grundy County (west)
Braceville Township, Grundy County (northwest)
= Cemeteries
=The township contains these two cemeteries: North Essex and South Essex.
= Major highways
=Illinois Route 17
= Airports and landing strips
=Lagrange Airport
Rashs Acres Airport
Demographics
Government
The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 315 North Pine, Essex, IL 60935.
Political districts
Illinois's 11th congressional district
State House District 75
State Senate District 38
School districts
Herscher Community Unit School District 2
Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U
References
"Essex Township, Kankakee County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas
External links
Kankakee County Official Site
City-Data.com
Illinois State Archives