Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois
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Hanover Township is one of 29
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and is located at the end of the county's
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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 100,092 and it contained 35,007 housing units. Hanover Township was established on April 2, 1850.Gher, Nancy, and Jennifer Leo. Hanover Harvesters: A Pictorial History of Hanover Township 1850-1955. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999. Print. The first reported population of the Township was 672. The Township gets its name from the "Kingdom of Hanover in Western Germany," which is where a majority of the Township's first residents originated from. The primary governmental concerns were collecting taxes, control and collection of stray animals and maintenance of the roads. "Poor relief" was minimal in the early days of the Township and the Clerk was in control of organizing the machinery for elections, similar to the job they do today. Today, Hanover Township has a population of over 105,000 residents. Most of Streamwood lies within the boundaries of the Township, along with portions of Bartlett, Elgin, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and unincorporated Cook County. Township offices include the Township Town Hall at 250 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett, the Senior Center at 240 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett, the Astor Avenue Community Center at 7431 Astor Avenue in Hanover Park, and the Izaak Walton Youth Center at 899 Jay Street in Elgin.


Current elected officials

The current township officials are: * Brian P. McGuire, Supervisor * Katy Dolan Baumer, Clerk * Khaja Moinuddin, Assessor * Alisa "Lee" Beattie, Trustee * Craig Essick, Trustee * Denise Noyola, Trustee * Eugene N. Martinez, Trustee


Heritage Marker Program

The Hanover Township Heritage Marker Program began in April 2011 to recognize and promote the many historic locations in Hanover Township. Currently there are five Heritage Markers around the Township, including: Ahlstrand Park in Hanover Park, Immanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Streamwood, Hoosier Grove Schoolhouse in Streamwood, Lords Park in Elgin and Leatherman Homestead in Bartlett.


Geography

According to the
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, Hanover Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 0.89 percent, is water.


Cities, towns, villages

* Bartlett (northern half) *
Elgin Elgin may refer to: Places Canada * Elgin County, Ontario * Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Ontario * Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario * Elgin, Manit ...
(small portion) * Hanover Park (mostly) *
Hoffman Estates Hoffman Estates is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. The village previously served as the headquarters for Sears and is one of the American headquarter ...
(mostly) *
Schaumburg Schaumburg is a district (''Landkreis'') of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (clockwise from the north) the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hameln-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Lippe and Minden-Lübb ...
(west edge) * South Barrington (south edge) * Streamwood


Unincorporated towns

* Spaulding at


Adjacent townships

* Barrington Township (north) * Schaumburg Township (east) * Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (southeast) * Wayne Township, DuPage County (south) * St. Charles Township, Kane County (southwest) * Elgin Township, Kane County (west) * Dundee Township, Kane County (northwest)


Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Bartlett, Bluff City, Lake Street Memorial Park and Mount Hope. Hoosier Grove cemetery behind Immanuel United Church of Christ on Old Church Road in Streamwood is closed for in-ground burials, but does have columbarium niches available through the church.


Major highways

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Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain states, Mountain West, Great Pla ...
* U.S. Route 20 * Illinois Route 19 *
Illinois Route 25 Illinois Route 25 (IL 25) is a state route in northeast Illinois. It runs north from U.S. Route 34 in Oswego to Illinois Route 62 (Algonquin Road) in Algonquin. Illinois 25 is in length. Route description Illinois Route 25 was opened in ...
(grazes the northwest corner) *
Illinois Route 58 Illinois Route 58 (IL 58, Illinois 58), also known as Golf Road for most of its route, is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 25 (Liberty Street) in Elgin east to U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Boulevard) in Skokie. This ...
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Illinois Route 59 Illinois Route 59 is a north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs south from Illinois Route 173 in Antioch to I-55 in Shorewood, spanning the north–south width of Chicago's western suburbs. This is a distance of . ...
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Illinois Route 72 Illinois Route 72 is an east–west state highway in northern Illinois. It runs from the intersection with Illinois Route 73 north of Lanark east to Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Chicago. This is a distance of . Route description ...


Airports and landing strips

* Urso Heliport


Lakes

* Back Lake * Front Lake * Island Lake


Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 100,092 people, 32,680 households, and 24,162 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 35,007 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 44.33%
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, 5.17%
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, 1.84% Native American, 15.54% Asian, 0.06%
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, 18.58% from other races, and 14.48% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 37.16% of the population. There were 32,680 households, out of which 37.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.12% were married couples living together, 10.48% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 26.06% were non-families. 21.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.58. The township's age distribution consisted of 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $84,988, and the median income for a family was $93,678. Males had a median income of $48,263 versus $34,256 for females. The
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for the township was $33,164. About 6.2% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the
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, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.


Political districts

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Illinois's 6th congressional district Illinois's 6th congressional district covers parts of Cook and DuPage counties. It has been represented by Democrat Sean Casten since 2019. Composition By county Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people * Chicago – 2,665,039 * Or ...
* State House District 43 * State House District 44 * State House District 55 * State Senate District 22 * State Senate District 28 * State Senate District 25


References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas


External links


Hanover Township official website







Township Officials of Illinois

Cook County official site
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