Grant Township | |
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Motto(s): "Grass Roots and New Tomorrows" | |
Coordinates: 42°22′08″N88°09′36″W / 42.36889°N 88.16000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Lake |
Government | |
• Supervisor | Catherine "Kay" Starostovic |
Area | |
• Total | 23.0 sq mi (59.5 km2) |
• Land | 17.6 sq mi (45.5 km2) |
• Water | 5.4 sq mi (14.0 km2) |
Elevation | 801 ft (244 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Estimate (2016) [1] | 27,040 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
FIPS code | 17-097-30952 |
Website | www |
Grant Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,523. [2] Grant Township changed its name from Goodale Township on March 8, 1867. [3]
Grant Township covers an area of 23.0 square miles (59.5 km2); of this, 5.4 square miles (14.0 km2) or 23.52 percent is water. [2] Lakes in this township include Brandenburg Lake, Duck Lake, Fish Lake, Fox Lake, Long Lake, Nippersink Lake, Redhead Lake, Sullivan Lake and Wooster Lake. The streams of Eagle Creek and Squaw Creek run through this township.
The township contains two cemeteries, Grant, and St. Bede Catholic Cemetery
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2016 (est.) | 27,040 | [1] | |
U.S. Decennial Census [4] |
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