Bourbonnais Township, Kankakee County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
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settlement_type=Township
official_name = Bourbonnais Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kankakee
leader_title = Supervisor
leader_name = Lonnie Kolwelter
established_title = Established
established_date = 1853
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area_total_km2 = 110.20
area_total_sq_mi = 42.55
area_land_km2 = 109.18
area_land_sq_mi = 42.16
area_water_km2 = 1.03
area_water_sq_mi = 0396|area_water_percent = .930
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Bourbonnais Township is one of the original six townships established in 1853 for Kankakee County, Illinois. The population was 33,061 at the 2000 census, the largest in the county. It includes Altorf, most of Bradley and Bourbonnais, and a small portion of Kankakee.

It is located at 41.158217 N, -87.869605 W. It has convert|109.18|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on. (42.16 square miles) of land and convert|1.03|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on. (0.395 square miles) covered by water. It has 12,834 housing units.

Government

The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Asser, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 1350 Armour Road, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914.

External links

* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Bourbonnais-Kankakee-IL.html City-data.com]
* [http://www.co.kankakee.il.us/ Kankakee County Official Site]