Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Seward 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 = 91.04
area_land_km2 = 90.53
area_water_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 35.15
area_land_sq_mi = 34.95
area_water_sq_mi = 0.19
area_water_percent = 0.55

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 846
population_density_km2 = 9.3
population_density_sq_mi = 24.2

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elevation_m = 174
elevation_ft = 571
latd = 41
latm = 30
lats = 27
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longd = 088
longm = 18
longs = 33
longEW = W

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Seward Township occupies the 6 mile square in southeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.502980 N, -88.304570 W. It has 90.533 km². (34.955 square miles) of land and 502,684 square meters (0.1941 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 846. It has 288 housing units.

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.

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.

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.

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