Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois

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Coordinates: 41°40′53″N 088°19′21″W / 41.68139, -88.3225
Oswego Township
Location in Kendall County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kendall
Area
- Total	40.5 sq mi (104.89 km²)
- Land	39.85 sq mi (103.22 km²)
- Water	0.65 sq mi (1.68 km²) 1.6%
Elevation ^[1]	663 ft (202 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	28,417
- Density	713.1/sq mi (275.3/km²)
FIPS code	17-56900^[2]
GNIS feature ID	0429511

Oswego Township occupies the 6 mile square plus additional land to the South of the Fox River in northeast corner of Kendall County, Illinois.

It is located at 41.693183 N, -88.335179 W. It has 103.217 km². (39.852316 square miles) of land and 1.675 km². (0.6469 square miles) covered by water. Its population in the 2000 Census was 28,417. It has 10,237 housing units.

U.S. Route 34 runs east to west through the township. Aurora, Plainfield, and the Village of Oswego cover much of the township.

Oswego Township was named after the Village of Oswego, which was in turn named after the largest city in the home state of many of the area's first settlers. Oswego is an Iroquois Indian word meaning place of the flowing out or mouth of the stream. Oswego, New York, Oswego Township's namesake sits at the mouth of the Oswego River, while Oswego, Illinois sits at the mouth of Waubonsie Creek.

Today, the township has become predominantly a suburb of Chicago.

[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, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 4100 Route 71, Oswego, IL.

[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.

[edit] External links

Official Website

Oswego Township, Kendall County, Illinois is at coordinates 41°41′36″N 88°20′07″W / 41.693183, -88.335179Coordinates: 41°41′36″N 88°20′07″W / 41.693183, -88.335179

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Kendall County, Illinois

County seat: Yorkville

Cities	Aurora‡ \| Joliet‡ \| Plano \| Sandwich‡ \| Yorkville

Villages	Lisbon \| Millbrook \| Millington‡ \| Montgomery‡ \| Newark \| Oswego

Townships	Big Grove \| Bristol \| Fox \| Kendall \| Lisbon \| Little Rock \| Na-Au-Say \| Oswego \| Seward

Unincorporated communities	Boulder Hill \| Bristol \| Helmar \| Nettlecreek \| Plattville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v • d • e Chicago Metropolitan Area

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 • Michigan City • 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 • Kendall • Kenosha • Lake (Illinois) • Lake (Indiana) • LaPorte • McHenry • Newton • Porter • Will

Sub-Regions	Fox Valley • Golden Corridor • Illinois Technology and Research Corridor • North Shore • Northwest Indiana • Southland

:See also: Illinois