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Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Kendall

GNIS feature ID
  
0429266

Area
  
91.84 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:14 PM

State
  
Illinois

FIPS code
  
17-44043

Elevation
  
202 m

Population
  
13,076 (2010)

Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Established
  
November 6, 1849 (1849-11-06)

Weather
  
3°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 47% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Farnsworth House, Barnsworth, Jay Woods Forest Preserve

Little Rock Township occupies the 6-mile (9.7 km) square (with the southeast corner nipped off by the Fox River) in Kendall County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,076 and it contained 4,723 housing units. Little Rock is named after Little Rock Creek, which flows through the township.

Contents

Map of Little Rock Township, IL, USA

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.46 square miles (91.8 km2), of which 35.25 square miles (91.3 km2) (or 99.41%) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) (or 0.59%) is water.

U.S. Route 34 runs east to west through the township.

Cities and towns

  • Plano (majority)
  • Sandwich (eastern edge)
  • Unincorporated towns

  • Little Rock
  • Government

    The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, and Highway Commissioner.

    References

    Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois Wikipedia