Vernon Township | |
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Coordinates: 42°11′49″N 87°56′33″W / 42.19694°N 87.94250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Lake |
Established | November 6, 1849 |
Government | |
• Supervisor | Jonathan Altenberg |
• Clerk | Barbara Barnabee |
• Assessor | Gary P. Raupp |
Area | |
• Total | 36.2 sq mi (93.8 km2) |
• Land | 35.8 sq mi (92.7 km2) |
• Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
Elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
Population (
2010) | |
• Estimate (2016)
[1] | 67,833 |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
FIPS code | 17-097-77668 |
Website |
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Vernon Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 67,095. [2] The name "Vernon Township" comes from George Washington's estate, Mount Vernon. [3]
Vernon Township covers an area of 36.2 square miles (93.8 km2); of this, 0.42 square miles (1.1 km2) or 1.14 percent is water. [2] The stream of Indian Creek runs through this township. All communities within the township are North Central suburbs of Chicago.
The township contains eight cemeteries: Diamond Lake, Gridley, Knopf, Long Grove, Lutheran, Vernon, Willow Lawn and Zion City.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2016 (est.) | 67,833 | [1] | |
U.S. Decennial Census [5] |