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State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
Thornton Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,865. [1] Incorporated in 1850, it is located immediately south of the city of Chicago. It is the second most populous township in Illinois as of the 2020 census, after Rockford Township (pop. 170,478) in Winnebago County. [1]
Flora Township, Boone County, Illinois - City-data.com pop doesn't match US Census number Salisbury Township, Sangamon County, Illinois - not shown here , but the USGS topo map shows it surrounding Salisbury, Illinois and as the northern part of Gardner township above that blue congressional township line.
The City and Town Hall in downtown Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois, United States, operates as the township history museum, holding a number of static displays on local history. Historically it served as the headquarters for city and township government as well as holding the offices of numerous state, local and national entities.
In 2002, Lawrence Hupe, the Worth Township school treasurer, retired with one of the largest government pensions in Illinois after receiving annual bonuses exceeding 25% of his salary in the last five years of his 25-year service. At $153,835, Hupe's pension exceeded the state governor's salary.
Rockville Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 879 and it contained 326 housing units. [ 2 ] It was formerly a township of Will County until Kankakee County was created.
B. Bainbridge Township, Schuyler County, Illinois; Bald Bluff Township, Henderson County, Illinois; Bald Hill Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; Ball Township ...