Lisbon Township, Illinois

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Lisbon Township occupies the 6 mile square on the southern edge of Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.506551 N, -88.419992 W. It has 94.76 square km (36.587769 square miles) of land. Its population in the 2000 Census was 851. It has 300 housing units.

Early settler John Moore was credited with naming Lisbon Township after Lisbon, Portugal, commenting he wanted a name that was "different."

[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