Fox Township, Kendall County, Illinois

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Fox Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Illinois
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kendall
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area_total_km2 = 94.97
area_land_km2 = 93.69
area_water_km2 = 1.28
area_total_sq_mi = 36.67
area_land_sq_mi = 36.17
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5
area_water_percent = 1.35

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1257
population_density_km2 = 13.4
population_density_sq_mi = 34.8

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elevation_m = 194
elevation_ft = 636
latd = 41
latm = 35
lats = 23
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longd = 088
longm = 32
longs = 29
longEW = W

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Fox Township occupies the 6 mile square on the western edge of Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.596160 N, -88.556926 W. It has 93.68 square kilometers (36.172 square miles) of land and 1.284 square kilometers (0.4961 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 1,257. It has 456 housing units. It includes the villages of Millbrook and Millington.

Fox Township was named after the river that bisects the township. The river name is probably a reference to the Fox Tribe, which inhabited southeastern Wisconsin.

Government

The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor.

References

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