Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

42°22′08″N 88°09′36″W / 42.36889°N 88.16000°W / 42.36889; -88.16000CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyLakeGovernment

• SupervisorCatherine "Kay" StarostovicArea

• Total23.0 sq mi (59.5 km²) • Land17.6 sq mi (45.5 km²) • Water5.4 sq mi (14.0 km²)Elevation

801 ft (244 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

27,040Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-097-30952Websitewww.granttownshipcenter.org

Grant Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,523.^[2] Grant Township changed its name from Goodale Township on March 8, 1867.^[3]

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 23.0 square miles (59.5 km²); of this, 5.4 square miles (14.0 km²) or 23.52 percent is water.^[2] Lakes in this township include Brandenburg Lake, Duck Lake, Fish Lake, Fox Lake, Long Lake, Nippersink Lake, Redhead Lake, Sullivan Lake and Wooster Lake. The streams of Eagle Creek and Squaw Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

Fox Lake (south half)
Lakemoor (nourtheast quarter)
Long Lake (west three-quarters)
Round Lake (west quarter)
Volo (north half)

Unincorporated towns

Ingleside

Adjacent townships

Antioch Township (northeast)
Lake Villa Township (northeast)
Avon Township (east)
Fremont Township (southeast)
Wauconda Township (south)
McHenry Township, McHenry County (west)
Burton Township, McHenry County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries, Grant, and St. Bede Catholic Cemetery

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Arrow Heliport
Precision Chrome Heliport
Fox Lake Seaplane Base

Railroad lines

Milwaukee District/North Line

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	27,040	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grant township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
^ "Lake County". Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.