Big Grove Township, Illinois
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Big Grove Township occupies the 6 mile square in the southwest corner of Kendall County, Illinois.
It is located at 41.518886 N, -88.551058 W. It has 92.51 square kilometers (35.721 square miles) of land and 18,243 square meters (0.00704 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 1,526. It has 558 housing units. It contains Lisbon and Newark.
Big Grove Township was named after the large grove of hardwoods that dominated the prairies in the township when the first settlers arrived.
U.S. Route 52 crosses the township east to west.
[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) |
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| 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 |
| Metropolitan area of Chicagoland |  |
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| 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 • 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 • Kankakee • Kendall • Kenosha • Lake (Illinois) • Lake (Indiana) • LaPorte • McHenry • Newton • Porter • Will |
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