Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois

Grant Township
—  Township  —
Location in Lake County
Lake County's location in Illinois
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lake
Government
• Supervisor	Catherine "Kay" Starostovic
Area
• Total	23.25 sq mi (60.21 km2)
• Land	18.08 sq mi (46.82 km2)
• Water	5.17 sq mi (13.39 km2)  22.24%
Elevation	801 ft (244 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	17,397
• Density	962.2/sq mi (371.6/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429071
Website	Grant Township
"Grass Roots and New Tomorrows"

Grant Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 17,397.^[1] Grant Township changed its name from Goodale Township on an unknown date.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Major highways 1.6 Airports and landing strips 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 23.25 square miles (60.2 km²); of this, 5.17 square miles (13.4 km²) or 22.24 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Brandenburg Lake, Duck Lake, Fish Lake, Fox Lake, Long Lake, Nippersink Lake, Redhead Lake, Sullivan Lake and Wooster Lake. The streams of Eagle Creek and Squaw Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Fox Lake (south half)
• Lakemoor (northeast quarter)
• Long Lake (west three-quarters)
• Round Lake (west quarter)
• Volo (north half)

Unincorporated towns

• Ingleside

Adjacent townships

• Antioch Township (northeast)
• Lake Villa Township (northeast)
• Avon Township (east)
• Fremont Township (southeast)
• Wauconda Township (south)
• McHenry Township, McHenry County (west)
• Burton Township, McHenry County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Grant.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 12
• Illinois State Route 59
• Illinois State Route 120
• Illinois State Route 132
• Illinois State Route 134

Airports and landing strips

• Arrow Heliport
• Precision Chrome Heliport

References

• U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com
• US Census
• Illinois State Archives

Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Illinois, USA County seat: Waukegan Cities Highland Park Highwood Lake Forest North Chicago Park City Waukegan Zion Villages Antioch Arlington Heights‡ Bannockburn Barrington‡ Barrington Hills‡ Beach Park Buffalo Grove‡ Deerfield‡ Deer Park‡ Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Indian Creek Island Lake‡ Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor‡ Libertyville Lincolnshire Lindenhurst Long Grove Mettawa Mundelein North Barrington Old Mill Creek Port Barrington‡ Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Third Lake Tower Lakes Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Wheeling‡ Winthrop Harbor Townships Antioch Avon Benton Cuba Ela Fremont Grant Lake Villa Libertyville Moraine Newport Shields Vernon Warren Wauconda Waukegan West Deerfield Zion Unincorporated communities Channel Lake Forest Lake Fort Sheridan Fox Lake Hills Gages Lake Grandwood Park Ingleside Ivanhoe Knollwood Lake Catherine Long Lake Palm Beach Prairie View Rondout Rosecrans Russell Sylvan Lake Venetian Village Wildwood Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties