Will Township, Will County, Illinois
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| Will Township | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Will |
| Established | Unknown |
| Government | |
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| Area | |
| - Total | 36.1 sq mi (93.49 km²) |
| - Land | 36.1 sq mi (93.49 km²) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²) 0.0% |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 1,568 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Will Township is located in Will County, Illinois. The population was 1,568 at the 2000 census. Will Township was formed from the former townships of Carcy and Sherburn on an unknown date.
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[edit] Township Headquarters
Will Township offices and road district headquarters are located on the southeast corner of Beecher-Peotone Road and Will Center Road. An old one room schoolhouse makes up part of the Will Township office complex. The buildings also serve as a voting precinct for the residents of Will Township.
[edit] Geography
Very gently rolling farmland makes up the majority of Will Township. Since the area was settled agriculture has been the main industry in Will Township. The fertile soil has allowed many generations of families to make a living from the land. Corn, soybean, hay, and wheat fields make up the farm landscape. A few dairy farms and beef farms still operate in Will Township. In recent years the area has seen an explosion of hobby farms. Many of these farms raise horses and a few acres of another crop.
Black Walnut Creek, Rock Creek, and the Exline Slough are the main bodies of water that run through Will Township. These creeks provide drainage for the farmland.
[edit] Infrastructure
Interstate 57 runs through the northwest corner of Will Township. Illinois Route 50 runs adjacent to a railroad on the west side of the township. These two roads are the most traveled roads in the township. Beecher-Peotone Road, also known as Beecher Blacktop, is also a main road that runs east to west through the middle of the township. Intersecting with Beecher-Peotone Road is Will Center Road, also a highly traveled route.
The majority of the township roads are either tar and chip or gravel. These roads are well maintained by the township and provide travel for all township residents. But also, some of the lesser traveled blacktops are shot, and a majority of the gravel roads really leave something to be desired.
[edit] Issues
Since the 1980's there has been talk of the State of Illinois building a third Chicagoland airport on the fertile farmland of Will Township. The majority of Will Township residents strongly oppose the Illinois Department of Transportation buying or taking land from area landowners for an airport that has not yet been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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