Waukegan Township, Lake County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Waukegan 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 = Lake
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leader_title = Supervisor
leader_name = Patricia Jones
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established_title = Established
established_date = November 6, 1849

area_footnotes =
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 54.86
area_land_km2 = 54.64
area_water_km2 = 0.22
area_total_sq_mi = 21.18
area_land_sq_mi = 21.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.08
area_water_percent = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 92805
population_density_km2 = 1698.5
population_density_sq_mi = 4398.3

elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 198
elevation_ft = 650
latd = 42
latm = 22
lats = 23
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 51
longs = 01
longEW = W

timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
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blank_name = GNIS feature ID
blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429903 0429903]
website = [http://www.waukegantownship.com/ Waukegan Township]
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Waukegan Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 92,805 [ [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=06000US1709779306&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] .

Geography

Waukegan Township covers an area of 21.18 square miles (54.86 square kilometers); of this, 0.08 square miles (0.22 square kilometers) or 0.4 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Dead Lake. The streams of Sunderland Creek and Waukegan River run through this township.

Cities and towns

* Beach Park (south quarter)
* Gurnee (east edge)
* North Chicago (north quarter)
* Park City (east quarter)
* Waukegan (partial)

Adjacent townships

* Benton Township (north)
* Shields Township (south)
* Libertyville Township (southwest)
* Warren Township (west)
* Newport Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Am Echod Jewish, North Shore Garden of Memorial, Oakwood, Pahlman Family and Saint Marys.

Major highways

* U.S. Route 41
* Illinois State Route 120
* Illinois State Route 131
* Illinois State Route 132
* Illinois State Route 137

Airports and landing strips

* Saint Therese Medical Center Heliport
* Victory Memorial Hospital Off Heliport

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/Waukegan-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]