Oswego Township occupies the 6-mile-square-plus additional land to the south of the
Fox River in northeast corner of
Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 131,869. Its county seat is Yorkville, and its most populous municipality is Oswego.
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 50,870 and it contained 17,914 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.42%) is land and (or 1.58%) is water.
U.S. Route 30
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U.S. Route 34
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run east to west through the township.
IL 25,
IL 31 and
IL 71 also run through the township. Today, the township has become predominantly a suburb of
Chicago
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Oswego (majority)
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Plainfield (partial)
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Demographics
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 84 Templeton Drive, Suite 104 Oswego, IL 60543
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1849 establishments in Illinois
Townships in Kendall County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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