Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois

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Coordinates: 41°40′34″N 088°32′47″W / 41.67611, -88.54639
Little Rock Township
Location in Kendall County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kendall
Area
- Total	35.52 sq mi (91.99 km²)
- Land	35.36 sq mi (91.57 km²)
- Water	0.16 sq mi (0.42 km²) 0.46%
Elevation ^[1]	663 ft (202 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	7,662
- Density	216.7/sq mi (83.7/km²)
FIPS code	17-44043^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0429266

Little Rock Township occupies the 6 mile square (with the southeast corner nipped off by the Fox River) in Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.664934 N, -88.540145 W. It has 91.571 km². (35.356 square miles) of land and 420,977 square meters (0.1625 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 7,662. It has 2,683 housing units.

Little Rock is named after Little Rock Creek, which flows through the township. Plano and Sandwich are located in the township. U.S. Route 34 runs east to west through the township.

[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.

[edit] External links

Little Rock Township, Kendall County, Illinois is at coordinates 41°39′54″N 88°32′25″W / 41.664934, -88.540145Coordinates: 41°39′54″N 88°32′25″W / 41.664934, -88.540145

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