Campton Township, Kane County, Illinois

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Coordinates: 41°56′30″N 088°26′09″W / 41.94167, -88.43583
Campton Township
Location in Kane County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kane
Area
- Total	34.65 sq mi (89.73 km²)
- Land	34.53 sq mi (89.43 km²)
- Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.33%
Elevation ^[1]	889 ft (271 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	14,072
- Density	407.5/sq mi (157.4/km²)
FIPS code	17-10903^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0428755

Campton Township is located in Kane County, Illinois at 41.935643 N, -88.432459 W. It is a 6-mile (10 km) square, of which 34.527838 square miles are land and 0.117753 are water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 14,072. It has 4,417 housing units.

The township's rural character is subject to increased development. Following an annexation by Elgin, Illinois of northern land for high density development, residents have been seeking to incorporate much of the unincorporated areas of the township into a new Village of Campton Hills. As of May 2007, most of the township has been incorporated into a village.

[edit] Trivia

In the 1840s, the family of young Charles Ingalls moved from New York to the tallgrass prairie of Campton Township, just west of Elgin, Illinois.

[edit] References

^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

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County seat: Geneva

Cities	Aurora \| Batavia \| Elgin \| Geneva \| St. Charles

Villages	Algonquin \| Barrington Hills \| Bartlett \| Big Rock \| Burlington \| Campton Hills \| Carpentersville \| East Dundee \| Elburn \| Gilberts \| Hampshire \| Hoffman Estates \| Huntley \| Kaneville \| Lily Lake \| Maple Park \| Montgomery \| North Aurora \| Pingree Grove \| Sleepy Hollow \| South Elgin \| Sugar Grove \| Virgil \| Wayne \| West Dundee

Townships	Aurora \| Batavia \| Big Rock \| Blackberry \| Burlington \| Campton \| Dundee \| Elgin \| Geneva \| Hampshire \| Kaneville \| Plato \| Rutland \| St. Charles \| Sugar Grove \| Virgil

Unincorporated communities	Lafox \| Mooseheart \| Plato Center \| Valley View \| Wasco