Vernon Township is a

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in Lake County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 67,095. The name "Vernon Township" comes from George Washington's estate,

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Geography

Vernon Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.14 percent is water. The stream of Indian Creek runs through this township. All communities within the township are North Central suburbs of

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Cities and towns

* Arlington Heights (northern edge of municipality) *

Bannockburn Bannockburn (Scottish Gaelic ''Allt a' Bhonnaich'') is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing int ...

(western edge of municipality) *

Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove, officially the Village of Buffalo Grove, is a village in Lake and Cook County, Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of Downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 Census, Buffalo Grove has a population of 43,212. It tota ...

(north three-quarters of Village) * Indian Creek * Lake Forest (west edge of Village) *

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(vast majority) * Long Grove (east half) * Mettawa (south half) * Mundelein (southeast edge) * Riverwoods (west three-quarters) *

Vernon Hills Vernon Hills is a suburb north of Chicago, Illinois in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 26,850 at the 2020 census. Vernon Hills serves as a retail hub for its surrounding area ( Libertyville, Lake Forest, Long Grove, Lin ...

(south half) * Wheeling (north edge)

Unincorporated towns

* Half Day *Prairie View

Adjacent townships

* Libertyville Township (north) * Shields Township (northeast) * West Deerfield Township (east) * Northfield Township, Cook County (southeast) * Wheeling Township, Cook County (south) * Palatine Township, Cook County (southwest) * Ela Township (west) * Fremont Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Diamond Lake, Gridley, Knopf, Long Grove, Lutheran, Vernon, Willow Lawn and Zion City.

Major highways

Interstate 94 Interstate 94 (I-94) is an east–west Interstate Highway connecting the Great Lakes and northern Great Plains regions of the United States. Its western terminus is just east of Billings, Montana, at a junction with I-90; its eastern ter ...

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 ...

Illinois State Route 21 Illinois Route 21 (IL 21) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Niles, Illinois, Niles to U.S. Route 41 in Illinois, U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway) north of Gurne ...

Illinois State Route 22 Illinois Route 22, also known as Half Day Road for part of its length, is an east–west state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 14 (Northwest Highway) in Fox River Grove to U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway) in Highland Pa ...

Illinois State Route 53 Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 in Illinois, U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner, Illinois, Gardner to Illinois Rou ...

Illinois State Route 60 Illinois Route 60 (IL 60) is a east–west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois. It connects the village of Volo at Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59 with the city of Lake Forest at U.S. ...

Illinois State Route 83 Illinois Route 83 (IL 83) is a major north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. It stretches from U.S. Route 30 (US 30, Lincoln Highway) by Lynwood and Dyer, Indiana, north to the Wisconsin border by Antioch at Wisconsin High ...

Airports and landing strips

* Chicagoland Airport (historical)

Demographics

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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External links

Vernon Township official website

US Census

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