Wauponsee Township is one of seventeen

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in Grundy County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,423 and it contained 939 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 95.75%) is land and (or 4.25%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...

(south edge)

Unincorporated towns

* Bradley Subdivision at * Claypool at * Claypool Woods at *

Gaslight Village Gaslight Village was a Vaudeville themed amusement park in Lake George, New York. The park was located along New York State Route 9N, U.S. Route 9 and Warren County Route 69 (West Brook Road) in the village. It opened in 1959, designed by Art ...

at * Lori-Sue Subdivision at * Paytonville at *

Pebble Beach Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California. The small coastal residential community of mostly single-family homes is also notable as a resort destination, and the home of the golf course ...

at * Pine Grove at * Pine Meadow Estates at * Richards Park at * Van Peterson Subdivision at * Willow Ridge at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains Sample Cemetery.

Major highways

Illinois Route 47 Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to IL 10, just south of Interstate 72 (I-72) near Seymour. IL 47 is in primarily rural ...

Demographics

School districts

* Coal City Community Unit School District 1 Morris High School and Morris Elementary School District

Political districts

Illinois's 11th congressional district The 11th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Bill Foster. Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting From 1865 to 1867, the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties. From 1901 until 1947 th ...

* State House District 75 * State Senate District 38

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

{{authority control Townships in Grundy County, Illinois Townships in Illinois 1849 establishments in Illinois