Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois

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Seward Township occupies the 6 mile square in southeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.502980 N, -88.304570 W. It has 90.533 square km (34.955 square miles) of land and 502,684 square meters (0.1941 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 846. It has 288 housing units.

It contains portions of Minooka and Joliet. U.S. Route 52 crosses the township east to west, and I-80 runs along the southern boundary of the township.

Franklin was the original name of Seward Township. On November 14, 1850, the name changed to Seward, after William H. Seward, who served as governor of New York State and as a U.S. Senator from New York as well as Secretary of State in the Lincoln Administration.

[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.

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	Municipalities and Communities of Kendall County, Illinois (County Seat: Yorkville) This box: view • talk • edit
Cities, Towns and Villages	Aurora \| Boulder Hill \| Bristol \| Joliet \| Lisbon \| Millbrook \| Millington \| Minooka \| Montgomery \| Newark \| Oswego \| Plainfield \| Plano \| Yorkville
Townships	Big Grove \| Bristol \| Fox \| Kendall \| Lisbon \| Little Rock \| Na-Au-Say \| Oswego \| Seward
Points of Interest	Fox River \| Farnsworth House \| Silver Springs State Park \| Little White School House
Higher Education	Waubonsee Community College
Hospitals	Rush-Copley Hospital
Transportation	I-80 · US-30 · US-34 · US-52 · IL-47 · Prairie Parkway

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