Fox Township, Illinois
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Fox Township occupies the 6 mile square on the western edge of Kendall County, Illinois.
It is located at 41.596160 N, -88.556926 W. It has 93.68 square kilometers (36.172 square miles) of land and 1.284 square kilometers (0.4961 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 1,257. It has 456 housing units. It includes the villages of Millbrook and Millington.
Fox Township was named after the river that bisects the township. The river name is probably a reference to the Fox Tribe, which inhabited southeastern Wisconsin.
[edit] Government
The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor.
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Municipalities and Communities of Kendall County, Illinois (County Seat: Yorkville) |
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Cities, Towns and Villages | Aurora | Boulder Hill | Bristol | Joliet | Lisbon | Millbrook | Millington | Minooka | Montgomery | Newark | Oswego | Plainfield | Plano | Yorkville |
Townships | Big Grove | Bristol | Fox | Kendall | Lisbon | Little Rock | Na-Au-Say | Oswego | Seward |
Points of Interest | Fox River | Farnsworth House | Silver Springs State Park | Little White School House |
Higher Education | Waubonsee Community College |
Hospitals | Rush-Copley Hospital |
Transportation | I-80 · US-30 · US-34 · US-52 · IL-47 · Prairie Parkway |
Metropolitan area of Chicagoland | |
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Central City: Chicago Largest cities (over 30,000 in 2000): Aurora • Berwyn • Calumet City • Chicago Heights • Crystal Lake • DeKalb • Des Plaines • East Chicago • Elgin • Elmhurst • Evanston • Gary • Hammond • Harvey • Highland Park • Joliet • Kenosha • Naperville • North Chicago • Park Ridge • Portage • Waukegan • Wheaton Largest towns and villages (over 30,000 in 2000): Addison • Arlington Heights • Bartlett • Bolingbrook • Buffalo Grove • Carol Stream • Carpentersville • Cicero • Downers Grove • Elk Grove Village • Glendale Heights • Glenview • Hanover Park • Hoffman Estates • Lombard • Merrillville • Mount Prospect • Mundelein • Niles • Northbrook • Oak Lawn • Oak Park • Orland Park • Palatine • Schaumburg • Skokie • Streamwood • Tinley Park • Wheeling • Woodridge Counties: Cook • DeKalb • DuPage • Grundy • Jasper • Kane • Kankakee • Kendall • Kenosha • Lake (Illinois) • Lake (Indiana) • LaPorte • McHenry • Newton • Porter • Will |