DuPage Township is located in
Will County
Will County is a county in the northeastern part of the state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 696,355, an increase of 2.8% from 677,560 in 2010, making it Illinois's fourth-most populous county. The county sea ...
,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 87,793 and it contained 28,861 housing units making it the most populous township in the county.
Like the
county of the same name which it borders on the north, this township is named after the
DuPage River
The DuPage River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Des Plaines River in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Course
The river begins as two in ...
.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.61%) is land and (or 1.36%) is water.
Cities, Towns, Villages
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Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook is a village in Will and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on I-55 and Historic Route 66 (Frontage Road). The village was a new town built on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plai ...
(vast majority)
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Lemont (small portion)
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Lockport (small portion)
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Naperville
Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwestern suburb of Chicago located west of the city on the DuPage River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,540, making it the state's ...
(southeast quarter)
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Plainfield (small portion)
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Romeoville
Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The village is located southwest of Chicago on the Gateway Wetlands, directly west of the Des Plaines River. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,863. It is located in the s ...
(half)
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Woodridge (small portion)
Unincorporated Towns
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Barbers Corners at
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Romeo
Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Characters in Romeo and Juliet#Lord Montague, Lord Montague and his wife, Characters in Romeo and Juliet#Lady Montague, Lady Montague, he ...
at
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Welco Corners at
Lakes
* Brenden's Lake
* Whalon Lake
Demographics
References
External links
City-data.comWill County Official Site
1849 establishments in Illinois
Populated places established in 1849
Townships in Will County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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