New Lenox Township, Will County, Illinois
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New Lenox Township is located in the heart Will County
Will County, Illinois
As of the census of 2000, there were 502,266 people, 167,542 households, and 131,017 families residing in the county. The population density was 600 people per square mile . There were 175,524 housing units at an average density of 210 per square mile...
, Illinois
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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,...
on US Route 30 and Interstate 80. The population was 29,730 at the 2000 census. New Lenox Township has thirty-six square miles within its jurisdiction. It serves almost all of the Village of New Lenox and parts of the individual municipalities of Mokena, Homer Glen, Joliet and, of course, the entire unincorporated areas of the New Lenox community. New Lenox Township changed its name from Vernon Township on June 10, 1850.
Current Officials
- Bill McCollum - Supervisor
- Bonnie Hernandez - Assessor
- Dennis McPartlin - Road Commissioner
- Jeanne Meeks - Collector
- Michael Hickey - Trustee
- Larry Wennlund - Trustee
- Martin Boban - Trustee
- Barbara Kaupas - Trustee
- Annette Boyd - Clerk
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New Lenox was also known as Spencer during the early 1900s.