Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Oswego Township
—  Township  —
Location in Kendall County
Kendall County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°40′53″N 088°19′21″W / 41.68139°N 88.3225°W / 41.68139; -88.3225Coordinates: 41°40′53″N 088°19′21″W / 41.68139°N 88.3225°W / 41.68139; -88.3225
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kendall
Area
– Total	40.5 sq mi (104.89 km2)
– Land	39.85 sq mi (103.22 km2)
– Water	0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2)  1.6%
Elevation[1]	663 ft (202 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	28,417
– Density	713.1/sq mi (275.3/km2)
FIPS code	17-56900[2]
GNIS feature ID	0429511

Oswego Township occupies the 6 mile square plus additional land to the South of the Fox River in northeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.693183 N, -88.335179 W. It has 103.217 km². (39.852316 square miles) of land and 1.675 km². (0.6469 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 28,417. It has 10,237 housing units.

U.S. Route 34 runs east to west through the township. Aurora, Plainfield, and the Village of Oswego cover much of the township.

Oswego Township was named after the Village of Oswego, which was in turn named after the largest city in the home state of many of the area's first settlers. Oswego is an Iroquois Indian word meaning place of the flowing out or mouth of the stream. Oswego, New York, Oswego Township's namesake sits at the mouth of the Oswego River, while Oswego, Illinois sits at the mouth of Waubonsie Creek.

Today, the township has become predominantly a suburb of Chicago.

Government

The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 4100 Route 71, Oswego, IL.

References

• "Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429511. Retrieved 2010-02-20. 

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

External links

• Official Website