Saratoga Township, Grundy County, Illinois
Encyclopedia
Saratoga Township is one of seventeen townships
in Grundy County, Illinois
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 4,448.
, Saratoga Township covers an area of 36.19 square miles (93.7 km²); of this, 36.12 square miles (93.6 km²) (99.81 percent) is land and 0.07 square mile (0.1812991677 km²) (0.19 percent) is water.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
in Grundy County, Illinois
Illinois
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, USA
United States
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. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 4,448.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, Saratoga Township covers an area of 36.19 square miles (93.7 km²); of this, 36.12 square miles (93.6 km²) (99.81 percent) is land and 0.07 square mile (0.1812991677 km²) (0.19 percent) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
- ChannahonChannahon, IllinoisChannahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 12,560 at the 2010 census. Channahon is also the name of the township in which most of the village resides...
(west edge) - MorrisMorris, IllinoisMorris is a city in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,636 at the 2010 census.Morris is home to the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, which provides a substantial portion of the electricity supply for the Chicago metropolitan area...
(north half)
Unincorporated towns
- Fields of Saratoga at 41.3839205°N 88.4397905°W
- Goode Subdivision at 41.3758648°N 88.3884°W
- Lisbon North at 41.3853094°N 88.4356238°W
- Ridgecrest at 41.3994758°N 88.3978451°W
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Major highways
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Interstate 80Interstate 80Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, following Interstate 90. It is a transcontinental artery running from downtown San Francisco, California to Teaneck, New Jersey in the New York City Metropolitan Area... -
U.S. Route 6U.S. Route 6U.S. Route 6 , also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, a name that honors an American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. Until 1964, it continued south from Bishop to... -
Illinois Route 47Illinois Route 47Illinois Route 47 is a largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to Illinois Route 10, just south of Interstate 72 near Seymour. This is a distance of . Even though Route 47 is primarily rural, in several suburbs of Chicago,...
Political districts
- Illinois' 11th congressional districtIllinois' 11th congressional districtThe 11th Congressional District of Illinois includes the towns of Joliet, Bloomington, Normal, Kankakee, LaSalle, Ottawa and Streator, and all or parts of Will, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau, Woodford and McLean counties...
- State House District 75
- State Senate District 38