Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois

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Coordinates: 41°35′16″N 088°25′51″W / 41.58778, -88.43083
Kendall Township
Location in Kendall County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kendall
Area
- Total	39.31 sq mi (101.8 km²)
- Land	39.17 sq mi (101.46 km²)
- Water	0.13 sq mi (0.35 km²) 0.34%
Elevation ^[1]	682 ft (208 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	4,636
- Density	118.4/sq mi (45.7/km²)
FIPS code	17-39454^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0429202

Kendall Township is located in Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.619626 N, -88.442966 W. It has 101.455 km². (39.1721 square miles) of land and 349,570 square meters (0.13497 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 4,636. It has 1,622 housing units.

Kendall Township was named after the county, which was named after Amos Kendall, a powerful Democratic politician in the Andrew Jackson administration. Kendall later became a business partner of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the Morse Code and the electric telegraph, and made his fortune with Morse.

[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, and Highway Commissioner.

[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.

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Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois is at coordinates 41°37′11″N 88°26′35″W / 41.619626, -88.442966Coordinates: 41°37′11″N 88°26′35″W / 41.619626, -88.442966

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