Greenfield Township, Grundy County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Greenfield Township is one of seventeen townships
in Grundy County, Illinois
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 940.
, Greenfield Township covers an area of 18.09 square miles (46.9 km²); of this, 17.68 square miles (45.8 km²) (97.74 percent) is land and 0.41 square miles (1.1 km²) (2.26 percent) is water.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
in Grundy County, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 940.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, Greenfield Township covers an area of 18.09 square miles (46.9 km²); of this, 17.68 square miles (45.8 km²) (97.74 percent) is land and 0.41 square miles (1.1 km²) (2.26 percent) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
- East BrooklynEast Brooklyn, IllinoisEast Brooklyn is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 106 at the 2010 census.-Geography:East Brooklyn is located at ....
- GardnerGardner, IllinoisGardner is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,463 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Gardner is located at .-Demographics:...
(southeast edge) - South WilmingtonSouth Wilmington, IllinoisSouth Wilmington is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 681 at the 2010 census.Although the name might indicate close proximity to the city of Wilmington, South Wilmington is in fact approximately 11 miles southwest of Wilmington, and is separated from it by...
Major highways
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Illinois Route 17Illinois Route 17Illinois Route 17 is a rural, arterial east–west state road that runs east from a former ferry crossing in New Boston along the banks of the Mississippi River to State Road 2 west of Lowell, Indiana. It is long.- Route description :... -
Illinois Route 53Illinois Route 53Illinois Route 53 is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. Route 53 runs south from Long Grove at Illinois Route 83 to Gardner at Interstate 55 west of old U.S. Highway 66, a distance of...
Political districts
- Illinois' 11th congressional districtIllinois' 11th congressional districtThe 11th Congressional District of Illinois includes the towns of Joliet, Bloomington, Normal, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, and all or parts of Will, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Woodford and McLean counties...
- State House District 75
- State Senate District 38