Counties that have no townships.

Of the 102 counties of the state of Illinois, 84 are organized into civil townships, usually referred to as simply "townships" in state law. All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight majority of the state's general units of local government.[1]

The legal name of each township is the form "___ Township" or "Town of ____".[2] 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] Nonetheless, many township names remain duplicates in Illinois.

History

Local government in the Illinois Territory, and the state of Illinois after 1818 statehood, was predominantly handled by the state's counties, although towns and villages also existed. Chicago was chartered as the state's first city in 1837.

The 1848 Constitution of Illinois granted the voters of counties the ability to divide their county into townships.[1]

Other forms

Cook County is organized into townships except for the city of Chicago: in 1902, voters in Chicago chose to abolish the eight townships in the city.[5]

There are 17 counties with no township government: Alexander, Calhoun, Edwards, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Scott, Union, Wabash, and Williamson.[5] Each of those counties is instead divided into precincts. Unlike townships, precincts have no functions in and of themselves and all their administrative functions are performed by the county.[1]

Organization and naming

The operation of townships in Illinois is established primarily by the Township Code (60 ILCS 1). Each county has the option to adopt or discontinue the township form of government.[6]

Each township name is chosen by "in accordance with the express wish of the inhabitants"; but if "there is not a degree of unanimity as to the name", then the name may be chosen by the commissioners that are dividing the county into townships. In addition, if the county board is petitioned by a majority of the township's voters, the board may change the township's name.[3]

Each township is governed by an elected board, which consists of a "supervisor" plus four "trustees".[7] There are special provisions for automatic creation of a township in any city or village where township organization has been chosen for the county but some of the municipality's territory does not yet have an organized township;[8] for consolidating the territory of a city across multiple townships into a single township for the city at the voters' request;[9] and for creating an optional "coterminous" township that follow the borders of a city in most circumstances and allows the city council to act as the township board.[10]

Powers

60 ILCS 1/85-13 enumerates general services that townships are allowed to spend money on:

  • Public safety (including law enforcement, fire protection, and building code enforcement).
  • Environmental protection (including sewage disposal, sanitation, and pollution abatement).
  • Public transportation (including transit systems, paratransit systems, and streets and roads).
  • Health.
  • Recreation.
  • Libraries.
  • Social services for the poor and aged.
  • Development and retention of business, industrial, manufacturing, and tourist facilities within the township.

Other parts of 60 ILCS 1 authorize townships to provide cemeteries,[11] comfort stations, community buildings, hospitals, monuments, open spaces, parks, facilities for the developmentally disabled, and disposal of brush and leaves.[12] After approval by a referendum, a township may also provide water and sewer services and general waste collection.

Townships

TownshipCounty
AbingtonMercer
AdamsLaSalle
AddisonDuPage
AetnaLogan
AftonDeKalb
AkronPeoria
AlbaHenry
AlbanyWhiteside
AldenMcHenry
AlgonquinMcHenry
AlhambraMadison
AllenLaSalle
Allens GroveMason
AllinMcLean
AllisonLawrence
AlmaMarion
AltoLee
AltonMadison
AmboyLee
AmityLivingston
AnchorMcLean
AndalusiaRock Island
AndersonClark
AndoverHenry
AnnawanHenry
AntiochLake
AppanooseHancock
Apple RiverJo Daviess
ArcolaDouglas
ArenzvilleCass
ArispieBureau
AromaKankakee
ArringtonWayne
ArrowsmithMcLean
ArtesiaIroquois
AsburyGallatin
Ash GroveIroquois
Ash GroveShelby
AshkumIroquois
AshlandCass
AshleyWashington
AshmoreColes
AshtonLee
AssumptionChristian
AstoriaFulton
AthensvilleGreene
AtkinsonHenry
AtlantaLogan
AtlasPike
AuburnClark
AuburnSangamon
AudubonMontgomery
AugustaHancock
AuroraKane
AustinMacon
Aux SableGrundy
AvenaFayette
AvocaLivingston
AvonLake
AyersChampaign
BainbridgeSchuyler
Bald BluffHenderson
Bald HillJefferson
BallSangamon
BannerEffingham
BannerFulton
BarnettDeWitt
BarnhillWayne
BarrMacoupin
BarrenFranklin
BarringtonCook
BarryPike
BataviaKane
BathMason
Bear CreekChristian
Bear CreekHancock
Bear GroveFayette
BeardstownCass
BeaucoupWashington
Beaver CreekHamilton
BeaverIroquois
BeavervilleIroquois
BedfordWayne
Bell PlainMarshall
Belle PrairieLivingston
BellflowerMcLean
BelmontIroquois
BelvidereBoone
BementPiatt
BenningtonMarshall
BentonFranklin
BentonLake
BerlinBureau
BernadotteFulton
BerremanJo Daviess
BerryWayne
BerwickWarren
BerwynCook
BethelMcDonough
BeverlyAdams
Bible GroveClay
Big GroveKendall
Big MoundWayne
Big RockKane
Big SpringShelby
BiggsvilleHenderson
BirdMacoupin
BirminghamSchuyler
BishopEffingham
BlackberryKane
BlackhawkRock Island
BlairClay
BlandinsvilleMcDonough
BlissvilleJefferson
BloomCook
BloomingdaleDuPage
BloomingtonMcLean
Bloomington CityMcLean
BlountVermilion
Blue MoundMcLean
Blue MoundMacon
Blue RidgePiatt
Bluff SpringsCass
BluffdaleGreene
Bois D'ArcMontgomery
BoloWashington
BondLawrence
BonpasRichland
BonusBoone
BooneBoone
BourbonDouglas
BourbonnaisKankakee
BowdreDouglas
BowlesvilleGallatin
Bowling GreenFayette
BowlingRock Island
BoyntonTazewell
BracevilleGrundy
BradfordLee
BradleyJackson
BreeseClinton
BremenCook
BrentonFord
BridgeportLawrence
BrightonMacoupin
BrimfieldPeoria
BristolKendall
BroadwellLogan
BrookfieldLaSalle
BrooklynLee
BrooklynSchuyler
BrooksideClinton
BrookvilleOgle
BroughtonLivingston
Brouilletts CreekEdgar
BrownChampaign
BrowningFranklin
BrowningSchuyler
BruceLaSalle
Brushy MoundMacoupin
BrushySaline
BuckEdgar
BuckeyeStephenson
BuckhartChristian
BuckheartFulton
BuckhornBrown
Buena VistaSchuyler
Buffalo HartSangamon
Buffalo PrairieRock Island
BuffaloOgle
Bunker HillMacoupin
BureauBureau
BurgessBond
BurlingtonKane
BurnsHenry
Burnt PrairieWhite
BurrittWinnebago
BurtonAdams
BurtonMcHenry
BushnellMcDonough
Butler GroveMontgomery
ButlerVermilion
ButtonFord
ByronOgle
CahokiaMacoupin
CaledoniaBoone
CalumetCook
CamargoDouglas
CambridgeHenry
CamdenSchuyler
Camp PointAdams
CamptonKane
Canoe CreekRock Island
CanteenSt. Clair
CantonFulton
CapitalSangamon
CarbondaleJackson
CarlinvilleMacoupin
CarlyleClinton
CarmanHenderson
CarmiWhite
Carrier MillsSaline
CarriganMarion
CarrollVermilion
CarrolltonGreene
CarsonFayette
CarthageHancock
CartwrightSangamon
CaseyClark
CaseyvilleSt. Clair
CasnerJefferson
CassFulton
CatlinVermilion
CaveFranklin
CazenoviaWoodford
CedarKnox
CentralBond
CentraliaMarion
CentrevilleSt. Clair
Cerro GordoPiatt
ChalmersMcDonough
ChambersburgPike
ChampaignChampaign
Champaign CityChampaign
ChandlervilleCass
ChannahonWill
CharlestonColes
CharlotteLivingston
ChathamSangamon
ChatsworthLivingston
ChebanseIroquois
ChemungMcHenry
Cheney's GroveMcLean
ChenoaMcLean
Cherry Grove–ShannonCarroll
Cherry ValleyWinnebago
ChesterLogan
ChesterfieldMacoupin
ChestnutKnox
ChiliHancock
ChillicothePeoria
ChouteauMadison
ChristyLawrence
CiceroCook
CincinnatiPike
CincinnatiTazewell
ClaremontRichland
ClarionBureau
ClarksburgShelby
Clay CityClay
ClaytonAdams
ClaytonWoodford
Clear LakeSangamon
ClementClinton
ClintonDeKalb
ClintoniaDeWitt
CloverHenry
ClydeWhiteside
Coal ValleyRock Island
CoeRock Island
ColchesterMcDonough
Cold BrookWarren
Cold SpringShelby
ColfaxChampaign
CollinsvilleMadison
ColomaWhiteside
ColonaHenry
ColumbusAdams
CompromiseChampaign
ConcordAdams
ConcordBureau
ConcordIroquois
ConditChampaign
CooperSangamon
CooperstownBrown
CopleyKnox
CoralMcHenry
CordovaRock Island
CornwallHenry
CortlandDeKalb
CorwinLogan
CottageSaline
Cotton HillSangamon
CottonwoodCumberland
Council HillJo Daviess
CovingtonWashington
Crane CreekMason
CreekDeWitt
CrescentIroquois
CreteWill
CrittendenChampaign
CrookHamilton
Crooked CreekCumberland
Crooked CreekJasper
CropseyMcLean
CrouchHamilton
CrugerWoodford
CubaLake
CunninghamChampaign
CurranSangamon
CusterWill
DahlgrenHamilton
DakotaStephenson
DaleMcLean
Dallas CityHancock
DanforthIroquois
DanversMcLean
DanvilleVermilion
DarwinClark
DawsonMcLean
DaytonLaSalle
DecaturMacon
DeckerRichland
Deer CreekTazewell
Deer ParkLaSalle
DeerfieldFulton
DegogniaJackson
DeKalbDeKalb
DelavanTazewell
DementOgle
DenisonLawrence
DenningFranklin
DenverRichland
DerindaJo Daviess
DerryPike
DeSotoJackson
DetroitPike
DeWittDeWitt
DillonTazewell
DimmickLaSalle
DivernonSangamon
DixFord
DixonLee
DoddsJefferson
DolsonClark
DoraMoultrie
DorchesterMacoupin
DorrMcHenry
DouglasClark
DouglasEffingham
DouglasIroquois
DoverBureau
Downers GroveDuPage
DownsMcLean
DrummerFord
DruryRock Island
Dry GroveMcLean
Dry PointShelby
Du BoisWashington
DuncanMercer
DundeeKane
DunhamMcHenry
DunleithJo Daviess
DuPageWill
DurandWinnebago
DurhamHancock
DwightLivingston
Eagle CreekGallatin
Eagle PointOgle
EagleLaSalle
EarlLaSalle
East BendChampaign
East EldoradoSaline
East ForkClinton
East ForkMontgomery
East GalenaJo Daviess
East GroveLee
East LincolnLogan
East NelsonMoultrie
East OaklandColes
East St. LouisSt. Clair
EasternFranklin
EdenLaSalle
EdfordHenry
EdgarEdgar
EdgingtonRock Island
EdwardsvilleMadison
El PasoWoodford
ElaLake
ElbaKnox
ElbridgeEdgar
EldoradoMcDonough
ElginKane
ElizaMercer
ElizabethJo Daviess
Elk GroveCook
Elk PrairieJefferson
ElkJackson
ElkhartLogan
Elkhorn GroveCarroll
ElkhornBrown
EllingtonAdams
EllisonWarren
EllisvilleFulton
Elm GroveTazewell
Elm RiverWayne
ElmiraStark
ElmwoodPeoria
ElsahJersey
ElwoodVermilion
EmbarrassEdgar
EminenceLogan
EmmaWhite
EmmetMcDonough
EmpireMcLean
EnfieldWhite
EngelmannSt. Clair
EnglishJersey
Eppards PointLivingston
EqualityGallatin
ErieWhiteside
EriennaGrundy
ErinStephenson
EsmenLivingston
EssexKankakee
EssexStark
EvansMarshall
EwingFranklin
FairfieldBureau
FairhavenCarroll
FairmountPike
FairviewFulton
Fall CreekAdams
Fall RiverLaSalle
Fancy CreekSangamon
Farm RidgeLaSalle
FarmersFulton
FarmingtonFulton
FarringtonJefferson
FayetteLivingston
FayettevilleSt. Clair
FelixGrundy
FentonWhiteside
FidelityJersey
FieldJefferson
FillmoreMontgomery
FlaggOgle
FlanniganHamilton
Flat BranchShelby
FlintPike
FloraBoone
FlorenceStephenson
FlorenceWill
FloydWarren
FondulacTazewell
Forest CityMason
ForrestLivingston
ForrestonOgle
Fort RussellMadison
FosterMadison
FosterMarion
Fountain BluffJackson
Fountain CreekIroquois
Fountain GreenHancock
Four MileWayne
FoxJasper
FoxKendall
FrankfortFranklin
FrankfortWill
Franklin GroveLee
FranklinDeKalb
FrederickSchuyler
FreeburgSt. Clair
FreedomCarroll
FreedomLaSalle
FreeportStephenson
FremontLake
Friends CreekMacon
FultonWhiteside
Funk's GroveMcLean
GalatiaSaline
GalesburgKnox
Galesburg CityKnox
GalvaHenry
GaneerKankakee
Garden HillWayne
Garden PlainWhiteside
GardnerSangamon
GarfieldGrundy
GarrettDouglas
GeneseeWhiteside
GeneseoHenry
GenevaKane
GenoaDeKalb
GeorgetownVermilion
GermanRichland
GermantownClinton
GermanvilleLivingston
GillespieMacoupin
GilmerAdams
GirardMacoupin
GladstoneHenderson
GodfreyMadison
Gold HillGallatin
GoldBureau
GoodeFranklin
GoodfarmGrundy
Goose CreekPiatt
Goose LakeGrundy
GoshenStark
GraftonMcHenry
Grand DetourOgle
Grand PrairieJefferson
Grand RapidsLaSalle
Grand TowerJackson
GrandviewEdgar
GrandvilleJasper
Granite CityMadison
GrantLake
GrantVermilion
GranvillePutnam
GrayWhite
Green GardenWill
GreenbushWarren
GreeneMercer
GreeneWoodford
GreenfieldGrundy
GreenupCumberland
GreenvilleBureau
GreenwoodChristian
GreenwoodMcHenry
GridleyMcLean
GriggsvillePike
GrishamMontgomery
GroveJasper
GrovelandLaSalle
GrovelandTazewell
GroverWayne
GuilfordJo Daviess
HadleyPike
HagenerCass
HahnamanWhiteside
HainesMarion
HaleWarren
HallBureau
HallockPeoria
HamelMadison
HamiltonLee
HampshireKane
HamptonRock Island
HancockHancock
HannaHenry
HanoverCook
HanoverJo Daviess
HardinPike
HarlemStephenson
HarlemWinnebago
HarmonLee
HarmonyHancock
HarpDeWitt
HarrisFulton
HarrisburgSaline
HarrisonWinnebago
HarristownMacon
HarterClay
HartlandMcHenry
HarvelMontgomery
HarwoodChampaign
HavanaMason
Haw CreekKnox
HawthorneWhite
HebronMcHenry
HelvetiaMadison
HendersonKnox
HennepinPutnam
HenryMarshall
HensleyChampaign
Heralds PrairieWhite
HerrickShelby
Hickory HillWayne
Hickory PointMacon
HickorySchuyler
HighlandGrundy
HillsboroMontgomery
HillyardMacoupin
HireMcDonough
HittleTazewell
HollandShelby
HollisPeoria
HomerWill
Honey CreekAdams
Honey CreekCrawford
Honey PointMacoupin
HoosierClay
HopeLaSalle
HopedaleTazewell
HopewellMarshall
HopkinsWhiteside
HoustonAdams
HoyletonWashington
HudsonMcLean
HumboldtColes
HumeWhiteside
Hunt CityJasper
HunterEdgar
HuntsvilleSchuyler
HurlbutLogan
HurricaneFayette
HutsonvilleCrawford
HuttonColes
IlliniMacon
IlliopolisSangamon
IndependenceSaline
Indian CreekWhite
Indian GroveLivingston
Indian PointKnox
Indian PrairieWayne
IndiantownBureau
IndustryMcDonough
IrishtownClinton
IroquoisIroquois
IrvingMontgomery
IrvingtonWashington
IsabelFulton
Island GroveSangamon
IukaMarion
JacksonEffingham
JacksonWill
JamaicaVermilion
JarvisMadison
JasperWayne
JeffersonStephenson
JerseyJersey
JohannisburgWashington
JohnsonChristian
JohnsonClark
JolietWill
Jonathan CreekMoultrie
JordanWhiteside
JoshuaFulton
JubileePeoria
KaneGreene
KanevilleKane
KankakeeKankakee
KansasEdgar
KansasWoodford
KaskaskiaFayette
KeeneAdams
KeithWayne
KeithsburgMercer
KellyWarren
KendallKendall
KentStephenson
KerrChampaign
KertonFulton
KewaneeHenry
KickapooPeoria
KilbourneMason
KinderhookPike
KingChristian
KingstonDeKalb
KinkaidJackson
KinmundyMarion
Knights PrairieHamilton
KnoxKnox
La HarpeHancock
La PrairieMarshall
LaCledeFayette
LaconMarshall
LaennaLogan
LafayetteColes
LaFayetteOgle
LagrangeBond
Lake ForkLogan
LakeClinton
Lake VillaLake
LakewoodShelby
LaMardWayne
LamoilleBureau
LamoineMcDonough
LamotteCrawford
LancasterStephenson
LanesvilleSangamon
LaonaWinnebago
LarkinsburgClay
LaSalleLaSalle
LawndaleMcLean
LawrenceLawrence
Leaf RiverOgle
LebanonSt. Clair
Lee CenterLee
LeeBrown
LeeFulton
LeechWayne
LeefMadison
LeepertownBureau
LemontCook
LenoxWarren
LenzburgSt. Clair
LeroyBoone
LevanJackson
LeveePike
LewistownFulton
LexingtonMcLean
LeydenCook
LibertyAdams
LibertyEffingham
LibertyvilleLake
LickingCrawford
LimaAdams
LimestoneKankakee
LimestonePeoria
LincolnOgle
LinderGreene
LinnWoodford
LisbonKendall
LisleDuPage
Little MackinawTazewell
Little RockKendall
LittletonSchuyler
Lively GroveWashington
LiverpoolFulton
LoamiSangamon
LockportWill
LocustChristian
LodaIroquois
LoganPeoria
LomaxHenderson
Lone GroveFayette
Long BranchSaline
Long CreekMacon
Long PointLivingston
Looking GlassClinton
LoraineHenry
LoranStephenson
LoudonFayette
LouisvilleClay
LoveVermilion
LovejoyIroquois
LovingtonMoultrie
LoweMoultrie
LucasEffingham
LudlowChampaign
LukinLawrence
LymanFord
LynchburgMason
LyndonWhiteside
LynnHenry
LynnKnox
LynnvilleOgle
LyonsCook
MackinawTazewell
MacombMcDonough
Macomb CityMcDonough
MaconBureau
MadisonRichland
MagnoliaPutnam
MahometChampaign
MaineCook
MaineGrundy
MakandaJackson
MaloneTazewell
MaltaDeKalb
ManchesterBoone
ManhattanWill
ManitoMason
ManliusBureau
ManliusLaSalle
MantenoKankakee
MaquonKnox
MarengoMcHenry
MarineMadison
MarionLee
MarionOgle
MarissaSt. Clair
MaroaMacon
MarrowboneMoultrie
MarshallClark
MartinCrawford
MartinMcLean
MartinsburgPike
MartinsvilleClark
MartintonIroquois
MarylandOgle
MascoutahSt. Clair
Mason CityMason
MasonEffingham
MassilonWayne
MattoonColes
MaxwellSangamon
MayChristian
MayLee
MayberryHamilton
MayfieldDeKalb
MazonGrundy
McClellanJefferson
McHenryMcHenry
McKeeAdams
McKendreeVermilion
McLeansboroHamilton
MeachamMarion
MechanicsburgSangamon
MediaHenderson
MedinaPeoria
MelroseAdams
MelroseClark
MendonAdams
MendotaLaSalle
MenomineeJo Daviess
MercerMercer
MeridenLaSalle
MeridianClinton
MetamoraWoodford
MiddleforkVermilion
MiddleportIroquois
MilanDeKalb
MilfordIroquois
Milks GroveIroquois
Mill ShoalsWhite
MillbrookPeoria
MillerLaSalle
MillersburgMercer
MillsBond
MillstadtSt. Clair
MiloBureau
MiltonDuPage
MineralBureau
MinonkWoodford
MissionLaSalle
MississippiJersey
MissouriBrown
MoccasinEffingham
MolineRock Island
MomenceKankakee
MonaFord
MoneeWill
Money CreekMcLean
MonmouthWarren
MonroeOgle
MontebelloHancock
MontezumaPike
MontgomeryCrawford
MontgomeryWoodford
MonticelloPiatt
MontmorencyWhiteside
Moore's PrairieJefferson
MoraineLake
MorganColes
MoroMadison
MorrisGrundy
MortonTazewell
MosquitoChristian
MoundEffingham
MoundMcDonough
Mount AuburnChristian
Mount CarrollCarroll
Mount ErieWayne
Mount HopeMcLean
Mount MorrisOgle
Mount OliveMacoupin
Mount PleasantWhiteside
Mount PulaskiLogan
Mount SterlingBrown
Mount VernonJefferson
Mount ZionMacon
MountainSaline
MoweaquaShelby
Mulberry GroveBond
MunsonHenry
MurdockDouglas
MurphysboroJackson
Na-Au-SayKendall
NachusaLee
NameokiMadison
NapervilleDuPage
NashvilleWashington
NauvooHancock
NebraskaLivingston
NelsonLee
NeogaCumberland
NeponsetBureau
Nettle CreekGrundy
NevadaLivingston
New AthensSt. Clair
New BerlinSangamon
New BostonMercer
New DouglasMadison
New HavenGallatin
New LenoxWill
New SalemMcDonough
New SalemPike
New TrierCook
NewburgPike
NewcombChampaign
NewellVermilion
NewmanDouglas
NewmansvilleCass
NewportLake
NewtonWhiteside
NewtownLivingston
NianticMacon
NilesCook
NilwoodMacoupin
NixonDeWitt
NobleRichland
NokomisMontgomery
NoraJo Daviess
NormalMcLean
NormanGrundy
North ForkGallatin
North HendersonMercer
North LitchfieldMontgomery
North MuddyJasper
North OkawColes
North OtterMacoupin
North PalmyraMacoupin
NortheastAdams
NorthernFranklin
NorthfieldCook
NorthvilleLaSalle
NortonKankakee
Norwood ParkCook
NundaMcHenry
O'FallonSt. Clair
Oak ParkCook
OakdaleWashington
OaklandSchuyler
OakleyMacon
OakwoodVermilion
OblongCrawford
OconeeShelby
OdellLivingston
OdinMarion
OgdenChampaign
Ohio GroveMercer
OhioBureau
OkawShelby
OkawvilleWashington
Old RipleyBond
Old TownMcLean
OlioWoodford
OliveMadison
OlneyRichland
OmahaGallatin
OmegaMarion
OmphghentMadison
OnargaIroquois
OnecoStephenson
OntarioKnox
OphirLaSalle
OquawkaHenderson
OraJackson
OranLogan
OrangeClark
OrangeKnox
OrchardWayne
Oregon-NashuaOgle
OrelWayne
OrionFulton
OrlandCook
OrvilLogan
OsageLaSalle
OsceolaStark
OscoHenry
OskaloosaClay
OswegoKendall
OtegoFayette
OttawaLaSalle
Otter CreekJersey
Otter CreekLaSalle
OttoKankakee
OwegoLivingston
OwenWinnebago
OxfordHenry
PalatineCook
PalestineWoodford
PalmyraLee
PalosCook
PanaChristian
PanolaWoodford
Panther CreekCass
PapineauIroquois
ParadiseColes
ParisEdgar
ParkerClark
PartridgeWoodford
PatokaMarion
PattersonGreene
PattonFord
Paw PawDeKalb
PawneeSangamon
PaysonAdams
Pea RidgeBrown
Peach OrchardFord
PearlPike
PecatonicaWinnebago
PekinTazewell
PellaFord
PembrokeKankakee
PendletonJefferson
PennShelby
PennStark
PennsylvaniaMason
Peoria CityPeoria
PeotoneWill
PerryPike
PerrytonMercer
PersiferKnox
PeruLaSalle
PesotumChampaign
PettyLawrence
PhiladelphiaCass
PhillipsWhite
PhiloChampaign
PhenixHenry
PiasaJersey
PickawayShelby
PierceDeKalb
Pigeon GroveIroquois
PikeLivingston
Pilot GroveHancock
Pilot KnobWashington
PilotKankakee
PilotVermilion
Pin OakMadison
Pine CreekOgle
Pine RockOgle
PitmanMontgomery
PittsfieldPike
PixleyClay
PlainfieldWill
PlatoKane
Pleasant GroveColes
Pleasant HillPike
Pleasant MoundBond
Pleasant RidgeLivingston
PleasantFulton
Pleasant ValePike
Pleasant ValleyJo Daviess
Pleasant ViewMacon
Plum HillWashington
Point PleasantWarren
PolkMacoupin
PomonaJackson
PontiacLivingston
PontoosucHancock
PopeFayette
Poplar GroveBoone
Port ByronRock Island
PortlandWhiteside
Prairie CityMcDonough
Prairie CreekLogan
Prairie du LongSt. Clair
Prairie GreenIroquois
PrairieCrawford
PrairieEdgar
PrairieHancock
PrairieShelby
PrairietonChristian
PreemptionMercer
PrestonRichland
PrincetonBureau
PrincevillePeoria
ProphetstownWhiteside
ProvisoCook
PutmanFulton
QuarryJersey
QuincyAdams
QuiverMason
RaccoonMarion
RadnorPeoria
RaleighSaline
RamseyFayette
RandolphMcLean
RantoulChampaign
RaritanHenderson
RawlinsJo Daviess
RaymondChampaign
RaymondMontgomery
ReadingLivingston
RectorSaline
ReedWill
ReynoldsLee
RiceJo Daviess
RichCook
RichfieldAdams
Richland GroveMercer
RichlandLaSalle
RichlandMarshall
RichlandShelby
RichmondMcHenry
RichviewWashington
RichwoodJersey
RichwoodsPeoria
RicksChristian
RidgeShelby
RidgelandIroquois
RidgwayGallatin
RidottStephenson
RileyMcHenry
RioKnox
RipleyBrown
River ForestCook
RiversideAdams
RiversideCook
RivoliMercer
RoanokeWoodford
RobertsMarshall
RobinsonCrawford
RochesterSangamon
Rock CreekHancock
Rock Creek–LimaCarroll
Rock GroveStephenson
Rock IslandRock Island
Rock RunStephenson
RockbridgeGreene
RockfordWinnebago
RocktonWinnebago
RockvaleOgle
RockvilleKankakee
Rocky Run-WilcoxHancock
RogersFord
RomeJefferson
RomineMarion
RoodhouseGreene
Rooks CreekLivingston
RosamondChristian
RoscoeWinnebago
RoseShelby
RosedaleJersey
RosefieldPeoria
RosevilleWarren
RossEdgar
RossPike
RossVermilion
Round GroveLivingston
RountreeMontgomery
RozettaHenderson
RubiconGreene
RuralRock Island
RuralShelby
RushJo Daviess
RushvilleSchuyler
RussellLawrence
RutlandKane
RutlandLaSalle
RutledgeDeWitt
RuyleJersey
SadorusChampaign
Saint RoseClinton
Sainte MarieJasper
SalemCarroll
SalemKnox
SalemMarion
SalinaKankakee
SalineMadison
Salt CreekMason
Sand PrairieTazewell
Sand RidgeJackson
SandovalMarion
SandwichDeKalb
SangamonPiatt
Sangamon ValleyCass
Santa AnnaDeWitt
Santa FeClinton
SaratogaGrundy
SaratogaMarshall
SargentDouglas
SauneminLivingston
SavannaCarroll
Scales MoundJo Daviess
SchaumburgCook
SciotaMcDonough
ScotlandMcDonough
ScottChampaign
ScottOgle
ScottvilleMacoupin
SeftonFayette
SelbyBureau
SeminaryFayette
SenachwinePutnam
SenecaMcHenry
SerenaLaSalle
Seven HickoryColes
SewardKendall
SewardWinnebago
ShabbonaDeKalb
ShafterFayette
SharonFayette
ShawneeGallatin
Shaws PointMacoupin
ShelbyvilleShelby
SheldonIroquois
SheridanLogan
ShermanMason
ShieldsLake
ShilohEdgar
ShilohJefferson
Shiloh ValleySt. Clair
ShipmanMacoupin
ShirlandWinnebago
Shoal CreekBond
SidellVermilion
SidneyChampaign
SigelShelby
Silver CreekStephenson
Six MileFranklin
SmallwoodJasper
SmithtonSt. Clair
SomerChampaign
SomersetJackson
SomonaukDeKalb
SongerClay
SonoraHancock
South CrouchHamilton
South DixonLee
South FlanniganHamilton
South ForkChristian
South GroveDeKalb
South HomerChampaign
South HurricaneFayette
South LitchfieldMontgomery
South MaconMacon
South MolineRock Island
South MuddyJasper
South OttawaLaSalle
South OtterMacoupin
South PalmyraMacoupin
South Rock IslandRock Island
South RossVermilion
South TwiggHamilton
South WheatlandMacon
SouthwestCrawford
SpartaKnox
Spring BayWoodford
Spring CreekPike
Spring GardenJefferson
Spring GroveWarren
Spring LakeTazewell
Spring PointCumberland
SpringBoone
SpringfieldSangamon
Squaw GroveDeKalb
St. AlbansHancock
St. AnneKankakee
St. CharlesKane
St. ClairSt. Clair
St. FrancisEffingham
St. JacobMadison
St. JosephChampaign
St. Mary'sHancock
StanfordClay
StantonChampaign
StauntonMacoupin
SterlingWhiteside
SteubenMarshall
StevensonMarion
StickneyCook
StitesSt. Clair
StocklandIroquois
StocktonJo Daviess
Stone FortSaline
StoningtonChristian
StookeySt. Clair
StrattonEdgar
StronghurstHenderson
SubletteLee
SuezMercer
Sugar CreekClinton
Sugar GroveKane
SugarloafSt. Clair
SullivanLivingston
SullivanMoultrie
SullivantFord
SummitEffingham
SumnerKankakee
SumnerWarren
SumpterCumberland
SunburyLivingston
SwanWarren
SycamoreDeKalb
SymmesEdgar
TalkingtonSangamon
TamalcoBond
TampicoWhiteside
TateSaline
TaylorOgle
TaylorvilleChristian
TennesseeMcDonough
Terre HauteHenderson
TeutopolisEffingham
TexasDeWitt
ThompsonJo Daviess
ThorntonCook
TimberPeoria
Todds PointShelby
TolonoChampaign
TompkinsWarren
TontiMarion
ToulonStark
TowandaMcLean
Tower HillShelby
TremontTazewell
TrivoliPeoria
Troy GroveLaSalle
TroyWill
TruroKnox
TunbridgeDeWitt
TuscolaDouglas
TwiggHamilton
TyroneFranklin
Union GroveWhiteside
UnionCumberland
UnionEffingham
UnionFulton
UnionLivingston
UnityPiatt
UrbanaChampaign
UrsaAdams
UstickWhiteside
UticaLaSalle
ValleyStark
VanceVermilion
VandaliaFayette
VenedyWashington
VeniceMadison
VergennesJackson
VermillionLaSalle
VermontFulton
VernonLake
VersaillesBrown
VictorDeKalb
VictoriaKnox
ViennaGrundy
Vinegar HillJo Daviess
ViolaLee
VirdenMacoupin
VirgilKane
VirginiaCass
WabashClark
WaddamsStephenson
WadeClinton
WadeJasper
WaldoLivingston
WalkerHancock
WalkervilleGreene
WallFord
WallaceLaSalle
Walnut GroveKnox
Walnut GroveMcDonough
WalnutBureau
WalshvilleMontgomery
WalthamLaSalle
WapellaDeWitt
Wards GroveJo Daviess
WarrenJo Daviess
WarrenLake
WarsawHancock
WashingtonCarroll
WashingtonTazewell
WashingtonWill
WaterfordFulton
WatsonEffingham
WaucondaLake
WaukeganLake
WauponseeGrundy
WayneDuPage
WaynesvilleDeWitt
WebberJefferson
WellerHenry
WesleyWill
West DeerfieldLake
West GalenaJo Daviess
West JerseyStark
West LincolnLogan
West PeoriaPeoria
West PointStephenson
WestEffingham
WestMcLean
Western MoundMacoupin
WesternHenry
WestfieldBureau
WestfieldClark
WethersfieldHenry
WheatfieldClinton
WheatlandBureau
WheatlandFayette
WheatlandWill
WheelingCook
White HallGreene
White OakMcLean
White RockOgle
WhitefieldMarshall
WhitleyMoultrie
WhitmoreMacon
WilbertonFayette
WillWill
WilliamsSangamon
Willow BranchPiatt
Willow CreekLee
Willow HillJasper
WilmingtonWill
WilsonDeWitt
WiltonWill
WindsorShelby
WinfieldDuPage
WinnebagoWinnebago
WinslowStephenson
WittMontgomery
Wood RiverMadison
WoodbineJo Daviess
WoodburyCumberland
WoodlandCarroll
WoodlandFulton
WoodsideSangamon
WoodstockSchuyler
WoodvilleGreene
WoosungOgle
WorthCook
WorthWoodford
WrightsGreene
WyanetBureau
WyomingLee
WysoxCarroll
WytheHancock
XeniaClay
YatesMcLean
YellowheadKankakee
YorkCarroll
YorkClark
YorkDuPage
YorktownHenry
Young AmericaEdgar
Young HickoryFulton
ZanesvilleMontgomery
ZifWayne
ZionLake
ZumaRock Island

Coterminous townships

Several townships in Illinois are coterminous, each having boundaries identical to an incorporated municipality. Also called "townships within a city" or a "coterminous municipality," conterminous townships are governed by the state's Township Code, and granted additional privileges and powers.[13] Those privileges and powers include the ability to combine township offices and city offices except that of township supervisor whose role then becomes supervisor of general assistance, the ability for the city council to exercise all of the powers of the township board, and the ability to unilaterally annex small portion of adjacent township territory.[13]

Some townships are functionally coterminous, in which a city completely encompasses their boundaries, but also includes additional territory of adjacent townships. Examples of functionally coterminous municipalities include Granite City Township, Madison County; City of Peoria Township, Peoria County; and Capital Township, Sangamon County.[14] These townships retain coterminous status as it relates to the function and structure of their local government - for instance, Capital Township's roads are maintained by the Springfield Department of Public Works as opposed to a township highway commission. However, unlike physically conterminous municipalities, functional coterminous municipalities can not unilaterally annex small portions of adjacent township territory,[15] and must follow the regular annexation process laid out in the Illinois Municipal Code.[16]

As of 2013, coterminous townships included:

Former townships


See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "An Inventory of Local Governments in Illinois: Townships". The Institute for Illinois' Fiscal Sustainability. Civic Federation. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  2. Township Corporate Powers, Generally (60 ILCS 1/85). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  3. 1 2 Township names (60 ILCS 1/5-40). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  4. Duplicate township names (60 ILCS 1/5-55). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  5. 1 2 "Cook County Township Government FAQ Part 1". The Civic Federation. April 14, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  6. Adoption of township organization (60 ILCS 1/5). Retrieved 2012-05-14.; Discontinuance of township organization (60 ILCS 1/25). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  7. Township Board (60 ILCS 1/80). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  8. Township co-extensive with city or village (60 ILCS 1/5-75). Retrieved 2012-05-14.; Territory deemed a township (60 ILCS 1/15-45). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  9. Consolidation Of Townships Within City (60 ILCS 1/20). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  10. Township Within A City (60 ILCS 1/15). Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  11. Township Cemeteries (60 ILCS 1/130), Public Graveyards (60 ILCS 1/133), and Joint Township Cemeteries (60 ILCS 1/135)
  12. Disposal of brush and leaves (60 ILCS 1/210-7). Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  13. 1 2 "Article 15. Township within a city". Illinois General Assembly. State of Illinois. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  14. Sohl, Shannon N.; Bannovetz, James M. (May 2014). "Too Many Governments in Illinois? What is the Impact on Townships?" (PDF). Policy Profiles. Northern Illinois University. 13 (1): 1–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  15. "Nameoki Twp. v. Granite City Twp". CaseMine. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District. February 9, 1993. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  16. "Article 7 Territory". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  17. "Township". City of Berwyn, Illinois. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  18. Koziatek, Mike (January 19, 2016). "Belleville Township board votes to dissolve township effective May 2017". Belleville News-Democrat (online ed.). Belleville, Illinois. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  19. Taketa, Kristen (May 2, 2016). "Belleville council votes to dissolve township, absorb services". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  20. 1 2 3 Currey, J. Seymour (1909). "Chicago's North Shore". In Illinois State Historical Society (ed.). Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the year 1908. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library. pp. 103–109. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  21. 1 2 Weston A. Goodspeed; Daniel D. Healy, eds. (1909). History of Cook County, Illinois; being a general survey of Cook County. Vol. 2. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Historical Association. p. 251. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  22. Dietrich, Matthew (September 19, 2014). "Evanston Township ceases to exist". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  23. Smith, Bill (August 25, 2015). "State task force hears Evanston's consolidation story". Evanston Now. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  24. Keating, Ann Durkin (2005). "Hyde Park Township". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
  25. Keating, Ann Durkin (2005). "Jefferson Township". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
  26. Keating, Ann Durkin (2005). "Lake Township". The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
  27. Keating, Ann Durkin. "Lake View Township". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: Chicago History Museum. Retrieved June 6, 2017. Citing Keating, Ann Durkin (1988). Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis.
  28. Matherly, Brenda (November 6, 2016). "Consolidation on the Ballot" (PDF). LINK: Local Information, News and Know-How. Illinois Farm Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  29. 1 2 Swearingen, Joy (February 1, 2017). "Rocky Run-Wilcox is name of two merged townships". Hancock County Journal-Pilot. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  30. 1990 Census of Population and Housing: Population and Housing Unit Counts: Illinois (PDF), Bureau of the Census, 1990, p. III-5, retrieved June 6, 2017
  31. "Ballot Taking Shape For April 4 Consolidated Election". The Journal-News (online ed.). Hillsboro, Illinois. January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
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