- Source: Kankakee Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee Township is one of seventeen townships in kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,558 and it contained 11,219 housing units. This township has the smallest area in the county, but is second largest in population.
History
kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee Township was formed from a portion of Bourbonnais Township on March 12, 1855.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 18.45 square miles (47.8 km2), of which 17.97 square miles (46.5 km2) (or 97.40%) is land and 0.48 square miles (1.2 km2) (or 2.60%) is water.
= Cities, towns, villages
=kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee (northeast three-quarters)
= Unincorporated towns
=West kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee at 41.118644°N 87.888099°W / 41.118644; -87.888099
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
= Adjacent townships
=Bourbonnais Township (north)
Aroma Township (east)
Ganeer Township (east)
Otto Township (southwest)
Limestone Township (west)
= Cemeteries
=The township contains these four cemeteries: Mound Grove, Mount Calvary, Old State Hospital and State Hospital.
= Major highways
=Interstate 57
U.S. Route 45
Illinois Route 17
Illinois Route 50
= Airports and landing strips
=Benoit Airport
kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee Valley Airport (north quarter)
Riverside Medical Center Heliport
Saint Marys Hospital Heliport
= Rivers
=Iroquois River
kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee River
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 187 South Schuyler Avenue, Suite 410, kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee, IL 60901.
Political districts
Illinois's 11th congressional district
State House District 79
State Senate District 40
School districts
Herscher Community Unit School District 2
kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee School District 111
References
"kankakee" target="_blank">Kankakee Township, kankakee" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">Kankakee County Official Site
City-Data.com
Illinois State Archives