Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Seward Township
Township
Location in Kendall County
Coordinates: 41°30′27″N 088°18′33″W / 41.50750°N 88.30917°W / 41.50750; -88.30917Coordinates: 41°30′27″N 088°18′33″W / 41.50750°N 88.30917°W / 41.50750; -88.30917
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kendall
Area
• Total	35.11 sq mi (90.9 km²)
• Land	34.97 sq mi (90.6 km²)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km²) 0.40%
Elevation^[1]	571 ft (174 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,455
• Density	127.4/sq mi (49.2/km²)
FIPS code	17-68757^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0429732

Seward Township occupies the 6 mile square in southeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,455 and it contained 1,451 housing units.^[3]

History

Franklin was the original name of Seward Township. On November 14, 1850, the name changed to Seward, after William H. Seward, who served as governor of New York State and as a U.S. Senator from New York as well as Secretary of State in the Lincoln Administration.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.11 square miles (90.9 km²), of which 34.97 square miles (90.6 km²) (or 99.60%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km²) (or 0.40%) is water.^[3]

It contains portions of Minooka and Joliet. U.S. Route 52 crosses the township east to west, and I-80 runs along the southern boundary of the township.

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

"Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-02-20.

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
↑ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. p. 317.

Municipalities and communities of Kendall County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Yorkville

Cities	Aurora‡ Joliet‡ Plano Sandwich‡ Yorkville

Villages	Lisbon Millbrook Millington‡ Minooka‡ Montgomery‡ Newark‡ Oswego Plainfield‡ Plattville

Townships	Big Grove Bristol Fox Kendall Lisbon Little Rock Na-Au-Say Oswego Seward

CDP	Boulder Hill

Other unincorporated communities	Ament Corners Bristol Central Fox Helmar Kentland Knob Hill Lisbon Center Little Rock Millhurst Nettlecreek Pavilion

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Chicago metropolitan area

Major city	Chicago

Cities (over 30,000 in 2010)	Aurora Berwyn Calumet City Chicago Heights Crystal Lake DeKalb Des Plaines Elgin Elmhurst Evanston Gary Hammond Joliet Kenosha Naperville North Chicago Park Ridge Portage St. Charles Valparaiso Waukegan Wheaton

Towns and villages (over 30,000 in 2010)	Addison Algonquin Arlington Heights Bartlett Bolingbrook Buffalo Grove Carol Stream Carpentersville Cicero Downers Grove Elk Grove Village Glendale Heights Glenview Gurnee Hanover Park Hoffman Estates Lombard Merrillville Mount Prospect Mundelein Northbrook Oak Lawn Oak Park Orland Park Oswego Palatine Plainfield Romeoville Schaumburg Skokie Streamwood Tinley Park Wheeling Woodridge

Counties	Cook DeKalb DuPage Grundy Jasper Kane Kendall Kenosha Lake, IL Lake, IN McHenry Newton Porter Will

Regions	Great Lakes Northern Illinois Northern Indiana

Sub-regions	Chicago Southland Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Fox Valley (Illinois) Golden Corridor Illinois Technology and Research Corridor North Shore (Chicago) Northwest Indiana

Illinois, United States

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