Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kendall Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kendall
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area_total_km2 = 101.8
area_land_km2 = 101.46
area_water_km2 = 0.35
area_total_sq_mi = 39.31
area_land_sq_mi = 39.17
area_water_sq_mi = 0.13
area_water_percent = 0.34

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4636
population_density_km2 = 45.7
population_density_sq_mi = 118.4

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elevation_m = 208
elevation_ft = 682
latd = 41
latm = 35
lats = 16
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longd = 088
longm = 25
longs = 51
longEW = W

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Kendall Township is located in Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.619626 N, -88.442966 W. It has 101.455 km². (39.1721 square miles) of land and 349,570 square meters (0.13497 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 4,636. It has 1,622 housing units.

Kendall Township was named after the county, which was named after Amos Kendall, a powerful Democratic politician in the Andrew Jackson administration. Kendall later became a business partner of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the Morse Code and the electric telegraph, and made his fortune with Morse.

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

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