Fox Township, Kendall County, Illinois

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Coordinates: 41°35′23″N 088°32′29″W / 41.58972, -88.54139
Fox Township
Location in Kendall County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kendall
Area
- Total	36.67 sq mi (94.97 km²)
- Land	36.17 sq mi (93.69 km²)
- Water	0.5 sq mi (1.28 km²) 1.35%
Elevation ^[1]	636 ft (194 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,257
- Density	34.8/sq mi (13.4/km²)
FIPS code	17-27416^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0429022

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.

[edit] References

^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

[edit] External links

Fox Township, Kendall County, Illinois is at coordinates 41°35′46″N 88°33′25″W / 41.596160, -88.556926Coordinates: 41°35′46″N 88°33′25″W / 41.596160, -88.556926

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Kendall County, Illinois

County seat: Yorkville

Cities	Aurora‡ \| Joliet‡ \| Plano \| Sandwich‡ \| Yorkville

Villages	Lisbon \| Millbrook \| Millington‡ \| Montgomery‡ \| Newark \| Oswego

Townships	Big Grove \| Bristol \| Fox \| Kendall \| Lisbon \| Little Rock \| Na-Au-Say \| Oswego \| Seward

Unincorporated communities	Boulder Hill \| Bristol \| Helmar \| Nettlecreek \| Plattville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v • d • e Chicago Metropolitan Area

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 • Michigan City • 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 • Kendall • Kenosha • Lake (Illinois) • Lake (Indiana) • LaPorte • McHenry • Newton • Porter • Will

Sub-Regions	Fox Valley • Golden Corridor • Illinois Technology and Research Corridor • North Shore • Northwest Indiana • Southland

:See also: Illinois