- Source: Norton Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
Norton Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 978 and it contained 400 housing units. Norton Township was organized in 1857 out of Essex Township.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 49.78 square miles (128.9 km2), all land.
= Cities, towns, villages
=Buckingham
Cabery (north half)
Reddick (southeast three-quarters)
Union Hill
= Adjacent townships
=Essex Township (north)
Pilot Township (east)
Milks Grove Township, Iroquois County (southeast)
Rogers Township, Ford County (south)
Broughton Township, Livingston County (southwest)
Round Grove Township, Livingston County (west)
Greenfield Township, Grundy County (northwest)
= Cemeteries
=The township contains these five cemeteries: Coleman, Edgerville, Floridgeville, Mount Hope and Smith.
= Major highways
=Illinois Route 17
Illinois Route 115
= Airports and landing strips
=Hendrix Airport
Hugh Van Voorst 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 16930 West 6000 South Road, Buckingham, IL 60917.
Political districts
Illinois's 11th congressional district
State House District 75
State Senate District 38
School districts
Herscher Community Unit School District 2
Tri Point Community Unit School District 6-J
References
"Norton 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
Kankankee County Official Site
City-Data.com
Illinois State Archives