Kankakee Township is one of seventeen townships

Civil township

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 in Kankakee County

Kankakee County, Illinois

Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 113,449, which is an increase of 9.3% from 103,833 in 2000. Its county seat is Kankakee....

, Illinois

Illinois

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, USA

United States

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. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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, its population was 28,029. This township has the smallest area in the county, but is second largest in population.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, Kankakee Township covers an area of 18.41 square miles (47.7 km²); of this, 17.94 square miles (46.5 km²) (97.42 percent) is land and 0.48 square miles (1.2 km²) (2.58 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• West Kankakee at 41.1186435°N 87.8880985°W

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Bourbonnais Township
  Bourbonnais Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
  Bourbonnais Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 33,061.Bourbonnais is the home of Olivet Nazarene University, a private liberal arts Christian college affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene...
  
   (north)
• Aroma Township
  Aroma Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
  Aroma Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,835.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Aroma Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.Aroma township includes the Iroquois Woods...
  
   (east)
• Ganeer Township
  Ganeer Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
  Ganeer Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,222.-History:Ganeer Township came into being on February 15, 1859...
  
   (east)
• Otto Township
  Otto Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
  Otto Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,430. It was formed from portions of Aroma and Limestone townships on December 11, 1855 as Carthage Township; its name was changed to Otto Township on March 11,...
  
   (southwest)
• Limestone Township
  Limestone Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
  Limestone Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,659. Limestone Township is one of the six original townships in the county.-Geography:...
  
   (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Mound Grove, Mount Calvary, Old State Hospital and State Hospital.

Major highways

• Interstate 57
  Interstate 57
  Interstate 57 is an Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central rail line for much of its route. It goes from Miner, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois, at Interstate 94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between...
  
  
• U.S. Route 45
  U.S. Route 45
  U.S. Route 45 is a north–south United States highway. US 45 is a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as ....
  
  
• Illinois Route 17
  Illinois Route 17
  Illinois 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 50
  Illinois Route 50
  Illinois Route 50 is a north–south state road in northeastern Illinois. It runs from the junction with U.S. Route 45 in West Kankakee north to U.S. Route 41 in Skokie. This is a distance of . In Chicago and the suburbs it's known as Cicero Avenue...
  
  

Airports and landing strips

• Benoit Airport
• Kankakee Valley Airport (north quarter)
• Riverside Medical Center Heliport
• Saint Marys Hospital Heliport

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 402, Kankakee, IL 60901.

Political districts

• Illinois' 11th congressional district
  Illinois' 11th congressional district
  The 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 79
• State Senate District 40

External links

• Kankakee County Official Site
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives