Benton Township, Lake County, Illinois

Benton Township, Lake County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Benton Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location in Lake County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Lake
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established_title = Established
established_date = November 6, 1849

area_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 38.58
area_land_km2 = 38.34
area_water_km2 = 0.24
area_total_sq_mi = 14.9
area_land_sq_mi = 14.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.09
area_water_percent = 0.62

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 17413
population_density_km2 = 454.2
population_density_sq_mi = 1176.6

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 203
elevation_ft = 666
latd = 42
latm = 27
lats = 50
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 50
longs = 35
longEW = W

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blank_name = GNIS feature ID
blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0428660 0428660]
website = [http://www.bentontownship.com/ Benton Township]
footnotes =

Benton Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA and includes all of the village of Winthrop Harbor, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of Zion and Waukegan. As of the 2000 census, its population was 17,413 [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=06000US1709705326&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] . Zion Township was formed from Benton Township on September 12, 1930.

Geography

Benton Township covers an area of 14.9 square miles (38.58 square kilometers); of this, 0.09 square miles (0.24 square kilometers) or 0.62 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Sand Pond. The streams of Bull Creek and Dead River run through this township.

Cities and towns

* Beach Park
* Winthrop Harbor

Adjacent townships

* Zion Township (southeast)
* Newport Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains nine cemeteries: Benton Greenwood, Briggs Family, Buffalo Grove Catholic, Catholic, Colchester, County Line, Cranberry Lake, Pineview and Rosecrans.

Major highways

* Illinois Route 137

Airports and landing strips

* Waukegan Regional Airport

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]

External links

* [http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/illinois.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Benton-Lake-IL.html City-Data.com]
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_lang=en&_ US Census]
* [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/lake.html Illinois State Archives]


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