Wauconda Township is a

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in Lake County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 21,730.

Geography

Wauconda Township covers an area of ; of this, or 5.59 percent is water. Lakes in this township include

Bangs Lake Bangs Lake is a natural glacial lake that is located in Wauconda, Illinois. It is named after Justus Bangs, the first permanent settler in Wauconda, who arrived in the summer of 1836. Justus Bangs reportedly named Wauconda as well, supposedly af ...

and Slocum Lake. The stream of Mutton Creek runs through this township.

Cities and towns

* Port Barrington (southwest corner) * Island Lake (east half) * Lake Barrington (south edge) *

Lakemoor Lakemoor is a village in Lake and McHenry counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 6,182. Geography Lakemoor is located at (42.3401437, -88.2031240). According to the 2010 census, Lakemoor has a total are ...

(north edge) * Volo (north edge) * Wauconda (southeast corner)

Adjacent townships

* Grant Township (north) * Avon Township (northeast) * Fremont Township (east) * Ela Township (southeast) * Cuba Township (south) * Algonquin Township, McHenry County (southwest) * Nunda Township, McHenry County (west) * McHenry Township, McHenry County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Fisher Family (historic) west of Volo; Hope Grove (historic) east of Volo; Saint Peter Catholic in Volo; Slocum Family (historic) west of Wauconda; Volo (historic) in Volo; and Wauconda in Wauconda.

Major highways

U.S. Route 12 U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highways, United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) an ...

* Illinois State Route 59 *

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 120 Illinois Route 120 (IL 120) is a major east–west state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 14 in Illinois, U.S. Route 14 near Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock to Illinois Route 131 in Waukegan, Illinois, Waukegan. It t ...

Illinois State Route 176 Illinois Route 176 (IL 176) is a east–west state route in northern Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East se ...

Airports and landing strips

* Oak Knoll Farm Airport

Demographics

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Wauconda Township official website

US Census

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