Norton Township is one of seventeen
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Kankakee County
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Illinois
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USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 978 and it contained 400 housing units.
Norton Township was organized in 1857 out of
Essex Township.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Cities, towns, villages
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Buckingham
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Cabery
Cabery is a village located in Ford and Kankakee counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 231 at the 2020 census down from 266 in the 2010 census.
History
Cabery was founded around 1878 after the Kankakee and Southwestern R ...
(north half)
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Reddick (southeast three-quarters)
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Union Hill
Adjacent townships
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Essex Township (north)
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Pilot Township (east)
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Milks Grove Township, Iroquois County (southeast)
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Rogers Township, Ford County (south)
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Broughton Township, Livingston County (southwest)
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Round Grove Township, Livingston County (west)
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Greenfield Township, Grundy County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Coleman, Edgerville, Floridgeville, Mount Hope and Smith.
Major highways
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Illinois Route 17
Illinois Route 17 (IL 17) is a rural, arterial east–west state highway that runs east from a former ferry crossing in New Boston, Illinois, New Boston along the banks of the Mississippi RiverIllinois Highway EndsIllinois 17. Retrieved Apri ...
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Illinois Route 115
Airports and landing strips
* Hendrix Airport
* Hugh Van Voorst Airport
Demographics
Government
The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 16930 West 6000 South Road, Buckingham, IL 60917.
Political districts
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Illinois's 11th congressional district
The 11th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Bill Foster.
From 1865 to 1867, the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties. From 1901 until 1947 the 11th congressional district included K ...
* State House District 75
* State Senate District 38
School districts
* Herscher Community Unit School District 2
* Tri Point Community Unit School District 6-J
References
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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States National Atlas
External links
Kankankee County Official Site
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Townships in Kankakee County, Illinois
Populated places established in 1857
Townships in Illinois
1857 establishments in Illinois