Frankfort Township, Will County, Illinois
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Frankfort Township is one of 24
townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 57,055 and it contained 19,720 housing units.


Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.92%) is land and (or 0.08%) is water. It includes almost all of Frankfort and Mokena as well as small portions of
Tinley Park Tinley Park (formerly Bremen) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 55,971. It is one of the fastest growing suburbs ...
and
Orland Park Orland Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, Orland Park had a population of 58,703. Located 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Chicago ...
.


Boundaries

Frankfort Township is bordered by Harlem Avenue (
Illinois Route 43 Illinois Route 43 (IL 43) is a major north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Frankfort north to the large intersection of IL 120 (Belvidere Road) and US 41 (Skokie Highway) in ...
) on the east (where Cook County and Will County share a border), 183rd Street and Orland Parkway on the north (which is also the Cook-Will county border), Townline Road on the west, and Steger Road on the south.


Cities, towns, villages

* Frankfort (vast majority) * Mokena (vast majority) *
Tinley Park Tinley Park (formerly Bremen) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 55,971. It is one of the fastest growing suburbs ...
(small portion) *
Orland Park Orland Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, Orland Park had a population of 58,703. Located 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Chicago ...
(small portion)


Other Communities

* Arbury Hills at * Frankfort Square


Adjacent townships

* Orland Township, Cook County (north) * Bremen Township, Cook County (northeast) * Rich Township, Cook County (east) * Monee Township (southeast) * Green Garden Township (south) * Manhattan Township (southwest) * New Lenox Township (west) * Homer Township (northwest)


Cemeteries

The township contains these eight cemeteries: Frankfort Township, Frankfort, Pioneer Memorial, Pleasant Hill, Saint John's United Church of Christ, Saint Mary's, Stellwagen, and Union Burial Society.


Major highways

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U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...
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U.S. Route 45 U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as . US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...
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Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...


Lakes

* Gun Club Lake


Landmarks

* Hunters Woods County Forest Preserve * Hickory Creek Preserve (east three-quarters)


Demographics


Political districts

*
Illinois's 1st congressional district Illinois's first congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois. Based in Cook County, the district includes much of the South Side of Chicago, and continues southwest to Joliet. From 2003 to early 2013 it ext ...
* State House District 37 * State House District 38 * State House District 80 * State Senate District 19 * State Senate District 40


References


External links


Frankfort Township official website





Township Officials of Illinois

Will County official site
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