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Of the 102 counties of the state of Illinois, 84 are organized into civil townships, usually referred to as simply "townships" in state law. All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight majority of the state's general units of local government.

The legal name of each township is the form "___ Township" or "Town of ____". State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. Nonetheless, many township names remain duplicates in Illinois.

History

Local government in the Illinois Territory, and the state of Illinois after 1818 statehood, was predominantly handled by the state's counties, although towns and villages also existed. Chicago was chartered as the state's first city in 1837.

The 1848 Constitution of Illinois granted the voters of counties the ability to divide their county into townships.

Other forms

Cook County is organized into townships except for the city of Chicago: in 1902, voters in Chicago chose to abolish the eight townships in the city.

There are 17 counties with no township government: Alexander, Calhoun, Edwards, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Scott, Union, Wabash, and Williamson. Each of those counties is instead divided into precincts. Unlike townships, precincts have no functions in and of themselves and all their administrative functions are performed by the county.

Organization and naming

The operation of townships in Illinois is established primarily by the Township Code (60 ILCS 1). Each county has the option to adopt or discontinue the township form of government.

Each township name is chosen by "in accordance with the express wish of the inhabitants"; but if "there is not a degree of unanimity as to the name", then the name may be chosen by the commissioners that are dividing the county into townships. In addition, if the county board is petitioned by a majority of the township's voters, the board may change the township's name.

Each township is governed by an elected board, which consists of a "supervisor" plus four "trustees". There are special provisions for automatic creation of a township in any city or village where township organization has been chosen for the county but some of the municipality's territory does not yet have an organized township; for consolidating the territory of a city across multiple townships into a single township for the city at the voters' request; and for creating an optional "coterminous" township that follow the borders of a city in most circumstances and allows the city council to act as the township board.

Powers

60 ILCS 1/85-13 enumerates general services that townships are allowed to spend money on:

  • Public safety (including law enforcement, fire protection, and building code enforcement).
  • Environmental protection (including sewage disposal, sanitation, and pollution abatement).
  • Public transportation (including transit systems, paratransit systems, and streets and roads).
  • Health.
  • Recreation.
  • Libraries.
  • Social services for the poor and aged.
  • Development and retention of business, industrial, manufacturing, and tourist facilities within the township.

Other parts of 60 ILCS 1 authorize townships to provide cemeteries, comfort stations, community buildings, hospitals, monuments, open spaces, parks, facilities for the developmentally disabled, and disposal of brush and leaves. After approval by a referendum, a township may also provide water and sewer services and general waste collection.

Townships

Township County
Abington Mercer
Adams LaSalle
Addison DuPage
Aetna Logan
Afton DeKalb
Akron Peoria
Alba Henry
Albany Whiteside
Alden McHenry
Algonquin McHenry
Alhambra Madison
Allen LaSalle
Allens Grove Mason
Allin McLean
Allison Lawrence
Alma Marion
Alto Lee
Alton Madison
Amboy Lee
Amity Livingston
Anchor McLean
Andalusia Rock Island
Anderson Clark
Andover Henry
Annawan Henry
Antioch Lake
Appanoose Hancock
Apple River Jo Daviess
Arcola Douglas
Arenzville Cass
Arispie Bureau
Aroma Kankakee
Arrington Wayne
Arrowsmith McLean
Artesia Iroquois
Asbury Gallatin
Ash Grove Iroquois
Ash Grove Shelby
Ashkum Iroquois
Ashland Cass
Ashley Washington
Ashmore Coles
Ashton Lee
Assumption Christian
Astoria Fulton
Athensville Greene
Atkinson Henry
Atlanta Logan
Atlas Pike
Auburn Clark
Auburn Sangamon
Audubon Montgomery
Augusta Hancock
Aurora Kane
Austin Macon
Aux Sable Grundy
Avena Fayette
Avoca Livingston
Avon Lake
Ayers Champaign
Bainbridge Schuyler
Bald Bluff Henderson
Bald Hill Jefferson
Ball Sangamon
Banner Effingham
Banner Fulton
Barnett DeWitt
Barnhill Wayne
Barr Macoupin
Barren Franklin
Barrington Cook
Barry Pike
Batavia Kane
Bath Mason
Bear Creek Christian
Bear Creek Hancock
Bear Grove Fayette
Beardstown Cass
Beaucoup Washington
Beaver Creek Hamilton
Beaver Iroquois
Beaverville Iroquois
Bedford Wayne
Bell Plain Marshall
Belle Prairie Livingston
Bellflower McLean
Belmont Iroquois
Belvidere Boone
Bement Piatt
Bennington Marshall
Benton Franklin
Benton Lake
Berlin Bureau
Bernadotte Fulton
Berreman Jo Daviess
Berry Wayne
Berwick Warren
Berwyn Cook
Bethel McDonough
Beverly Adams
Bible Grove Clay
Big Grove Kendall
Big Mound Wayne
Big Rock Kane
Big Spring Shelby
Biggsville Henderson
Bird Macoupin
Birmingham Schuyler
Bishop Effingham
Blackberry Kane
Blackhawk Rock Island
Blair Clay
Blandinsville McDonough
Blissville Jefferson
Bloom Cook
Bloomingdale DuPage
Bloomington McLean
Bloomington City McLean
Blount Vermilion
Blue Mound McLean
Blue Mound Macon
Blue Ridge Piatt
Bluff Springs Cass
Bluffdale Greene
Bois D'Arc Montgomery
Bolo Washington
Bond Lawrence
Bonpas Richland
Bonus Boone
Boone Boone
Bourbon Douglas
Bourbonnais Kankakee
Bowdre Douglas
Bowlesville Gallatin
Bowling Green Fayette
Bowling Rock Island
Boynton Tazewell
Braceville Grundy
Bradford Lee
Bradley Jackson
Breese Clinton
Bremen Cook
Brenton Ford
Bridgeport Lawrence
Brighton Macoupin
Brimfield Peoria
Bristol Kendall
Broadwell Logan
Brookfield LaSalle
Brooklyn Lee
Brooklyn Schuyler
Brookside Clinton
Brookville Ogle
Broughton Livingston
Brouilletts Creek Edgar
Brown Champaign
Browning Franklin
Browning Schuyler
Bruce LaSalle
Brushy Mound Macoupin
Brushy Saline
Buck Edgar
Buckeye Stephenson
Buckhart Christian
Buckheart Fulton
Buckhorn Brown
Buena Vista Schuyler
Buffalo Hart Sangamon
Buffalo Prairie Rock Island
Buffalo Ogle
Bunker Hill Macoupin
Bureau Bureau
Burgess Bond
Burlington Kane
Burns Henry
Burnt Prairie White
Burritt Winnebago
Burton Adams
Burton McHenry
Bushnell McDonough
Butler Grove Montgomery
Butler Vermilion
Button Ford
Byron Ogle
Cahokia Macoupin
Caledonia Boone
Calumet Cook
Camargo Douglas
Cambridge Henry
Camden Schuyler
Camp Point Adams
Campton Kane
Canoe Creek Rock Island
Canteen St. Clair
Canton Fulton
Capital Sangamon
Carbondale Jackson
Carlinville Macoupin
Carlyle Clinton
Carman Henderson
Carmi White
Carrier Mills Saline
Carrigan Marion
Carroll Vermilion
Carrollton Greene
Carson Fayette
Carthage Hancock
Cartwright Sangamon
Casey Clark
Caseyville St. Clair
Casner Jefferson
Cass Fulton
Catlin Vermilion
Cave Franklin
Cazenovia Woodford
Cedar Knox
Central Bond
Centralia Marion
Centreville St. Clair
Cerro Gordo Piatt
Chalmers McDonough
Chambersburg Pike
Champaign Champaign
Champaign City Champaign
Chandlerville Cass
Channahon Will
Charleston Coles
Charlotte Livingston
Chatham Sangamon
Chatsworth Livingston
Chebanse Iroquois
Chemung McHenry
Cheney's Grove McLean
Chenoa McLean
Cherry Grove–Shannon Carroll
Cherry Valley Winnebago
Chester Logan
Chesterfield Macoupin
Chestnut Knox
Chili Hancock
Chillicothe Peoria
Chouteau Madison
Christy Lawrence
Cicero Cook
Cincinnati Pike
Cincinnati Tazewell
Claremont Richland
Clarion Bureau
Clarksburg Shelby
Clay City Clay
Clayton Adams
Clayton Woodford
Clear Lake Sangamon
Clement Clinton
Clinton DeKalb
Clintonia DeWitt
Clover Henry
Clyde Whiteside
Coal Valley Rock Island
Coe Rock Island
Colchester McDonough
Cold Brook Warren
Cold Spring Shelby
Colfax Champaign
Collinsville Madison
Coloma Whiteside
Colona Henry
Columbus Adams
Compromise Champaign
Concord Adams
Concord Bureau
Concord Iroquois
Condit Champaign
Cooper Sangamon
Cooperstown Brown
Copley Knox
Coral McHenry
Cordova Rock Island
Cornwall Henry
Cortland DeKalb
Corwin Logan
Cottage Saline
Cotton Hill Sangamon
Cottonwood Cumberland
Council Hill Jo Daviess
Covington Washington
Crane Creek Mason
Creek DeWitt
Crescent Iroquois
Crete Will
Crittenden Champaign
Crook Hamilton
Crooked Creek Cumberland
Crooked Creek Jasper
Cropsey McLean
Crouch Hamilton
Cruger Woodford
Cuba Lake
Cunningham Champaign
Curran Sangamon
Custer Will
Dahlgren Hamilton
Dakota Stephenson
Dale McLean
Dallas City Hancock
Danforth Iroquois
Danvers McLean
Danville Vermilion
Darwin Clark
Dawson McLean
Dayton LaSalle
Decatur Macon
Decker Richland
Deer Creek Tazewell
Deer Park LaSalle
Deerfield Fulton
Degognia Jackson
DeKalb DeKalb
Delavan Tazewell
Dement Ogle
Denison Lawrence
Denning Franklin
Denver Richland
Derinda Jo Daviess
Derry Pike
DeSoto Jackson
Detroit Pike
DeWitt DeWitt
Dillon Tazewell
Dimmick LaSalle
Divernon Sangamon
Dix Ford
Dixon Lee
Dodds Jefferson
Dolson Clark
Dora Moultrie
Dorchester Macoupin
Dorr McHenry
Douglas Clark
Douglas Effingham
Douglas Iroquois
Dover Bureau
Downers Grove DuPage
Downs McLean
Drummer Ford
Drury Rock Island
Dry Grove McLean
Dry Point Shelby
Du Bois Washington
Duncan Mercer
Dundee Kane
Dunham McHenry
Dunleith Jo Daviess
DuPage Will
Durand Winnebago
Durham Hancock
Dwight Livingston
Eagle Creek Gallatin
Eagle Point Ogle
Eagle LaSalle
Earl LaSalle
East Bend Champaign
East Eldorado Saline
East Fork Clinton
East Fork Montgomery
East Galena Jo Daviess
East Grove Lee
East Lincoln Logan
East Nelson Moultrie
East Oakland Coles
East St. Louis St. Clair
Eastern Franklin
Eden LaSalle
Edford Henry
Edgar Edgar
Edgington Rock Island
Edwardsville Madison
El Paso Woodford
Ela Lake
Elba Knox
Elbridge Edgar
Eldorado McDonough
Elgin Kane
Eliza Mercer
Elizabeth Jo Daviess
Elk Grove Cook
Elk Prairie Jefferson
Elk Jackson
Elkhart Logan
Elkhorn Grove Carroll
Elkhorn Brown
Ellington Adams
Ellison Warren
Ellisville Fulton
Elm Grove Tazewell
Elm River Wayne
Elmira Stark
Elmwood Peoria
Elsah Jersey
Elwood Vermilion
Embarrass Edgar
Eminence Logan
Emma White
Emmet McDonough
Empire McLean
Enfield White
Engelmann St. Clair
English Jersey
Eppards Point Livingston
Equality Gallatin
Erie Whiteside
Erienna Grundy
Erin Stephenson
Esmen Livingston
Essex Kankakee
Essex Stark
Evans Marshall
Ewing Franklin
Fairfield Bureau
Fairhaven Carroll
Fairmount Pike
Fairview Fulton
Fall Creek Adams
Fall River LaSalle
Fancy Creek Sangamon
Farm Ridge LaSalle
Farmers Fulton
Farmington Fulton
Farrington Jefferson
Fayette Livingston
Fayetteville St. Clair
Felix Grundy
Fenton Whiteside
Fidelity Jersey
Field Jefferson
Fillmore Montgomery
Flagg Ogle
Flannigan Hamilton
Flat Branch Shelby
Flint Pike
Flora Boone
Florence Stephenson
Florence Will
Floyd Warren
Fondulac Tazewell
Forest City Mason
Forrest Livingston
Forreston Ogle
Fort Russell Madison
Foster Madison
Foster Marion
Fountain Bluff Jackson
Fountain Creek Iroquois
Fountain Green Hancock
Four Mile Wayne
Fox Jasper
Fox Kendall
Frankfort Franklin
Frankfort Will
Franklin Grove Lee
Franklin DeKalb
Frederick Schuyler
Freeburg St. Clair
Freedom Carroll
Freedom LaSalle
Freeport Stephenson
Fremont Lake
Friends Creek Macon
Fulton Whiteside
Funk's Grove McLean
Galatia Saline
Galesburg Knox
Galesburg City Knox
Galva Henry
Ganeer Kankakee
Garden Hill Wayne
Garden Plain Whiteside
Gardner Sangamon
Garfield Grundy
Garrett Douglas
Genesee Whiteside
Geneseo Henry
Geneva Kane
Genoa DeKalb
Georgetown Vermilion
German Richland
Germantown Clinton
Germanville Livingston
Gillespie Macoupin
Gilmer Adams
Girard Macoupin
Gladstone Henderson
Godfrey Madison
Gold Hill Gallatin
Gold Bureau
Goode Franklin
Goodfarm Grundy
Goose Creek Piatt
Goose Lake Grundy
Goshen Stark
Grafton McHenry
Grand Detour Ogle
Grand Prairie Jefferson
Grand Rapids LaSalle
Grand Tower Jackson
Grandview Edgar
Grandville Jasper
Granite City Madison
Grant Lake
Grant Vermilion
Granville Putnam
Gray White
Green Garden Will
Greenbush Warren
Greene Mercer
Greene Woodford
Greenfield Grundy
Greenup Cumberland
Greenville Bureau
Greenwood Christian
Greenwood McHenry
Gridley McLean
Griggsville Pike
Grisham Montgomery
Grove Jasper
Groveland LaSalle
Groveland Tazewell
Grover Wayne
Guilford Jo Daviess
Hadley Pike
Hagener Cass
Hahnaman Whiteside
Haines Marion
Hale Warren
Hall Bureau
Hallock Peoria
Hamel Madison
Hamilton Lee
Hampshire Kane
Hampton Rock Island
Hancock Hancock
Hanna Henry
Hanover Cook
Hanover Jo Daviess
Hardin Pike
Harlem Stephenson
Harlem Winnebago
Harmon Lee
Harmony Hancock
Harp DeWitt
Harris Fulton
Harrisburg Saline
Harrison Winnebago
Harristown Macon
Harter Clay
Hartland McHenry
Harvel Montgomery
Harwood Champaign
Havana Mason
Haw Creek Knox
Hawthorne White
Hebron McHenry
Helvetia Madison
Henderson Knox
Hennepin Putnam
Henry Marshall
Hensley Champaign
Heralds Prairie White
Herrick Shelby
Hickory Hill Wayne
Hickory Point Macon
Hickory Schuyler
Highland Grundy
Hillsboro Montgomery
Hillyard Macoupin
Hire McDonough
Hittle Tazewell
Holland Shelby
Hollis Peoria
Homer Will
Honey Creek Adams
Honey Creek Crawford
Honey Point Macoupin
Hoosier Clay
Hope LaSalle
Hopedale Tazewell
Hopewell Marshall
Hopkins Whiteside
Houston Adams
Hoyleton Washington
Hudson McLean
Humboldt Coles
Hume Whiteside
Hunt City Jasper
Hunter Edgar
Huntsville Schuyler
Hurlbut Logan
Hurricane Fayette
Hutsonville Crawford
Hutton Coles
Illini Macon
Illiopolis Sangamon
Independence Saline
Indian Creek White
Indian Grove Livingston
Indian Point Knox
Indian Prairie Wayne
Indiantown Bureau
Industry McDonough
Irishtown Clinton
Iroquois Iroquois
Irving Montgomery
Irvington Washington
Isabel Fulton
Island Grove Sangamon
Iuka Marion
Jackson Effingham
Jackson Will
Jamaica Vermilion
Jarvis Madison
Jasper Wayne
Jefferson Stephenson
Jersey Jersey
Johannisburg Washington
Johnson Christian
Johnson Clark
Joliet Will
Jonathan Creek Moultrie
Jordan Whiteside
Joshua Fulton
Jubilee Peoria
Kane Greene
Kaneville Kane
Kankakee Kankakee
Kansas Edgar
Kansas Woodford
Kaskaskia Fayette
Keene Adams
Keith Wayne
Keithsburg Mercer
Kelly Warren
Kendall Kendall
Kent Stephenson
Kerr Champaign
Kerton Fulton
Kewanee Henry
Kickapoo Peoria
Kilbourne Mason
Kinderhook Pike
King Christian
Kingston DeKalb
Kinkaid Jackson
Kinmundy Marion
Knights Prairie Hamilton
Knox Knox
La Harpe Hancock
La Prairie Marshall
LaClede Fayette
Lacon Marshall
Laenna Logan
Lafayette Coles
LaFayette Ogle
Lagrange Bond
Lake Fork Logan
Lake Clinton
Lake Villa Lake
Lakewood Shelby
LaMard Wayne
Lamoille Bureau
Lamoine McDonough
Lamotte Crawford
Lancaster Stephenson
Lanesville Sangamon
Laona Winnebago
Larkinsburg Clay
LaSalle LaSalle
Lawndale McLean
Lawrence Lawrence
Leaf River Ogle
Lebanon St. Clair
Lee Center Lee
Lee Brown
Lee Fulton
Leech Wayne
Leef Madison
Leepertown Bureau
Lemont Cook
Lenox Warren
Lenzburg St. Clair
Leroy Boone
Levan Jackson
Levee Pike
Lewistown Fulton
Lexington McLean
Leyden Cook
Liberty Adams
Liberty Effingham
Libertyville Lake
Licking Crawford
Lima Adams
Limestone Kankakee
Limestone Peoria
Lincoln Ogle
Linder Greene
Linn Woodford
Lisbon Kendall
Lisle DuPage
Little Mackinaw Tazewell
Little Rock Kendall
Littleton Schuyler
Lively Grove Washington
Liverpool Fulton
Loami Sangamon
Lockport Will
Locust Christian
Loda Iroquois
Logan Peoria
Lomax Henderson
Lone Grove Fayette
Long Branch Saline
Long Creek Macon
Long Point Livingston
Looking Glass Clinton
Loraine Henry
Loran Stephenson
Loudon Fayette
Louisville Clay
Love Vermilion
Lovejoy Iroquois
Lovington Moultrie
Lowe Moultrie
Lucas Effingham
Ludlow Champaign
Lukin Lawrence
Lyman Ford
Lynchburg Mason
Lyndon Whiteside
Lynn Henry
Lynn Knox
Lynnville Ogle
Lyons Cook
Mackinaw Tazewell
Macomb McDonough
Macomb City McDonough
Macon Bureau
Madison Richland
Magnolia Putnam
Mahomet Champaign
Maine Cook
Maine Grundy
Makanda Jackson
Malone Tazewell
Malta DeKalb
Manchester Boone
Manhattan Will
Manito Mason
Manlius Bureau
Manlius LaSalle
Manteno Kankakee
Maquon Knox
Marengo McHenry
Marine Madison
Marion Lee
Marion Ogle
Marissa St. Clair
Maroa Macon
Marrowbone Moultrie
Marshall Clark
Martin Crawford
Martin McLean
Martinsburg Pike
Martinsville Clark
Martinton Iroquois
Maryland Ogle
Mascoutah St. Clair
Mason City Mason
Mason Effingham
Massilon Wayne
Mattoon Coles
Maxwell Sangamon
May Christian
May Lee
Mayberry Hamilton
Mayfield DeKalb
Mazon Grundy
McClellan Jefferson
McHenry McHenry
McKee Adams
McKendree Vermilion
McLeansboro Hamilton
Meacham Marion
Mechanicsburg Sangamon
Media Henderson
Medina Peoria
Melrose Adams
Melrose Clark
Mendon Adams
Mendota LaSalle
Menominee Jo Daviess
Mercer Mercer
Meriden LaSalle
Meridian Clinton
Metamora Woodford
Middlefork Vermilion
Middleport Iroquois
Milan DeKalb
Milford Iroquois
Milks Grove Iroquois
Mill Shoals White
Millbrook Peoria
Miller LaSalle
Millersburg Mercer
Mills Bond
Millstadt St. Clair
Milo Bureau
Milton DuPage
Mineral Bureau
Minonk Woodford
Mission LaSalle
Mississippi Jersey
Missouri Brown
Moccasin Effingham
Moline Rock Island
Momence Kankakee
Mona Ford
Monee Will
Money Creek McLean
Monmouth Warren
Monroe Ogle
Montebello Hancock
Montezuma Pike
Montgomery Crawford
Montgomery Woodford
Monticello Piatt
Montmorency Whiteside
Moore's Prairie Jefferson
Moraine Lake
Morgan Coles
Moro Madison
Morris Grundy
Morton Tazewell
Mosquito Christian
Mound Effingham
Mound McDonough
Mount Auburn Christian
Mount Carroll Carroll
Mount Erie Wayne
Mount Hope McLean
Mount Morris Ogle
Mount Olive Macoupin
Mount Pleasant Whiteside
Mount Pulaski Logan
Mount Sterling Brown
Mount Vernon Jefferson
Mount Zion Macon
Mountain Saline
Moweaqua Shelby
Mulberry Grove Bond
Munson Henry
Murdock Douglas
Murphysboro Jackson
Na-Au-Say Kendall
Nachusa Lee
Nameoki Madison
Naperville DuPage
Nashville Washington
Nauvoo Hancock
Nebraska Livingston
Nelson Lee
Neoga Cumberland
Neponset Bureau
Nettle Creek Grundy
Nevada Livingston
New Athens St. Clair
New Berlin Sangamon
New Boston Mercer
New Douglas Madison
New Haven Gallatin
New Lenox Will
New Salem McDonough
New Salem Pike
New Trier Cook
Newburg Pike
Newcomb Champaign
Newell Vermilion
Newman Douglas
Newmansville Cass
Newport Lake
Newton Whiteside
Newtown Livingston
Niantic Macon
Niles Cook
Nilwood Macoupin
Nixon DeWitt
Noble Richland
Nokomis Montgomery
Nora Jo Daviess
Normal McLean
Norman Grundy
North Fork Gallatin
North Henderson Mercer
North Litchfield Montgomery
North Muddy Jasper
North Okaw Coles
North Otter Macoupin
North Palmyra Macoupin
Northeast Adams
Northern Franklin
Northfield Cook
Northville LaSalle
Norton Kankakee
Norwood Park Cook
Nunda McHenry
O'Fallon St. Clair
Oak Park Cook
Oakdale Washington
Oakland Schuyler
Oakley Macon
Oakwood Vermilion
Oblong Crawford
Oconee Shelby
Odell Livingston
Odin Marion
Ogden Champaign
Ohio Grove Mercer
Ohio Bureau
Okaw Shelby
Okawville Washington
Old Ripley Bond
Old Town McLean
Olio Woodford
Olive Madison
Olney Richland
Omaha Gallatin
Omega Marion
Omphghent Madison
Onarga Iroquois
Oneco Stephenson
Ontario Knox
Ophir LaSalle
Oquawka Henderson
Ora Jackson
Oran Logan
Orange Clark
Orange Knox
Orchard Wayne
Oregon-Nashua Ogle
Orel Wayne
Orion Fulton
Orland Cook
Orvil Logan
Osage LaSalle
Osceola Stark
Osco Henry
Oskaloosa Clay
Oswego Kendall
Otego Fayette
Ottawa LaSalle
Otter Creek Jersey
Otter Creek LaSalle
Otto Kankakee
Owego Livingston
Owen Winnebago
Oxford Henry
Palatine Cook
Palestine Woodford
Palmyra Lee
Palos Cook
Pana Christian
Panola Woodford
Panther Creek Cass
Papineau Iroquois
Paradise Coles
Paris Edgar
Parker Clark
Partridge Woodford
Patoka Marion
Patterson Greene
Patton Ford
Paw Paw DeKalb
Pawnee Sangamon
Payson Adams
Pea Ridge Brown
Peach Orchard Ford
Pearl Pike
Pecatonica Winnebago
Pekin Tazewell
Pella Ford
Pembroke Kankakee
Pendleton Jefferson
Penn Shelby
Penn Stark
Pennsylvania Mason
Peoria City Peoria
Peotone Will
Perry Pike
Perryton Mercer
Persifer Knox
Peru LaSalle
Pesotum Champaign
Petty Lawrence
Philadelphia Cass
Phillips White
Philo Champaign
Phenix Henry
Piasa Jersey
Pickaway Shelby
Pierce DeKalb
Pigeon Grove Iroquois
Pike Livingston
Pilot Grove Hancock
Pilot Knob Washington
Pilot Kankakee
Pilot Vermilion
Pin Oak Madison
Pine Creek Ogle
Pine Rock Ogle
Pitman Montgomery
Pittsfield Pike
Pixley Clay
Plainfield Will
Plato Kane
Pleasant Grove Coles
Pleasant Hill Pike
Pleasant Mound Bond
Pleasant Ridge Livingston
Pleasant Fulton
Pleasant Vale Pike
Pleasant Valley Jo Daviess
Pleasant View Macon
Plum Hill Washington
Point Pleasant Warren
Polk Macoupin
Pomona Jackson
Pontiac Livingston
Pontoosuc Hancock
Pope Fayette
Poplar Grove Boone
Port Byron Rock Island
Portland Whiteside
Prairie City McDonough
Prairie Creek Logan
Prairie du Long St. Clair
Prairie Green Iroquois
Prairie Crawford
Prairie Edgar
Prairie Hancock
Prairie Shelby
Prairieton Christian
Preemption Mercer
Preston Richland
Princeton Bureau
Princeville Peoria
Prophetstown Whiteside
Proviso Cook
Putman Fulton
Quarry Jersey
Quincy Adams
Quiver Mason
Raccoon Marion
Radnor Peoria
Raleigh Saline
Ramsey Fayette
Randolph McLean
Rantoul Champaign
Raritan Henderson
Rawlins Jo Daviess
Raymond Champaign
Raymond Montgomery
Reading Livingston
Rector Saline
Reed Will
Reynolds Lee
Rice Jo Daviess
Rich Cook
Richfield Adams
Richland Grove Mercer
Richland LaSalle
Richland Marshall
Richland Shelby
Richmond McHenry
Richview Washington
Richwood Jersey
Richwoods Peoria
Ricks Christian
Ridge Shelby
Ridgeland Iroquois
Ridgway Gallatin
Ridott Stephenson
Riley McHenry
Rio Knox
Ripley Brown
River Forest Cook
Riverside Adams
Riverside Cook
Rivoli Mercer
Roanoke Woodford
Roberts Marshall
Robinson Crawford
Rochester Sangamon
Rock Creek Hancock
Rock Creek–Lima Carroll
Rock Grove Stephenson
Rock Island Rock Island
Rock Run Stephenson
Rockbridge Greene
Rockford Winnebago
Rockton Winnebago
Rockvale Ogle
Rockville Kankakee
Rocky Run-Wilcox Hancock
Rogers Ford
Rome Jefferson
Romine Marion
Roodhouse Greene
Rooks Creek Livingston
Rosamond Christian
Roscoe Winnebago
Rose Shelby
Rosedale Jersey
Rosefield Peoria
Roseville Warren
Ross Edgar
Ross Pike
Ross Vermilion
Round Grove Livingston
Rountree Montgomery
Rozetta Henderson
Rubicon Greene
Rural Rock Island
Rural Shelby
Rush Jo Daviess
Rushville Schuyler
Russell Lawrence
Rutland Kane
Rutland LaSalle
Rutledge DeWitt
Ruyle Jersey
Sadorus Champaign
Saint Rose Clinton
Sainte Marie Jasper
Salem Carroll
Salem Knox
Salem Marion
Salina Kankakee
Saline Madison
Salt Creek Mason
Sand Prairie Tazewell
Sand Ridge Jackson
Sandoval Marion
Sandwich DeKalb
Sangamon Piatt
Sangamon Valley Cass
Santa Anna DeWitt
Santa Fe Clinton
Saratoga Grundy
Saratoga Marshall
Sargent Douglas
Saunemin Livingston
Savanna Carroll
Scales Mound Jo Daviess
Schaumburg Cook
Sciota McDonough
Scotland McDonough
Scott Champaign
Scott Ogle
Scottville Macoupin
Sefton Fayette
Selby Bureau
Seminary Fayette
Senachwine Putnam
Seneca McHenry
Serena LaSalle
Seven Hickory Coles
Seward Kendall
Seward Winnebago
Shabbona DeKalb
Shafter Fayette
Sharon Fayette
Shawnee Gallatin
Shaws Point Macoupin
Shelbyville Shelby
Sheldon Iroquois
Sheridan Logan
Sherman Mason
Shields Lake
Shiloh Edgar
Shiloh Jefferson
Shiloh Valley St. Clair
Shipman Macoupin
Shirland Winnebago
Shoal Creek Bond
Sidell Vermilion
Sidney Champaign
Sigel Shelby
Silver Creek Stephenson
Six Mile Franklin
Smallwood Jasper
Smithton St. Clair
Somer Champaign
Somerset Jackson
Somonauk DeKalb
Songer Clay
Sonora Hancock
South Crouch Hamilton
South Dixon Lee
South Flannigan Hamilton
South Fork Christian
South Grove DeKalb
South Homer Champaign
South Hurricane Fayette
South Litchfield Montgomery
South Macon Macon
South Moline Rock Island
South Muddy Jasper
South Ottawa LaSalle
South Otter Macoupin
South Palmyra Macoupin
South Rock Island Rock Island
South Ross Vermilion
South Twigg Hamilton
South Wheatland Macon
Southwest Crawford
Sparta Knox
Spring Bay Woodford
Spring Creek Pike
Spring Garden Jefferson
Spring Grove Warren
Spring Lake Tazewell
Spring Point Cumberland
Spring Boone
Springfield Sangamon
Squaw Grove DeKalb
St. Albans Hancock
St. Anne Kankakee
St. Charles Kane
St. Clair St. Clair
St. Francis Effingham
St. Jacob Madison
St. Joseph Champaign
St. Mary's Hancock
Stanford Clay
Stanton Champaign
Staunton Macoupin
Sterling Whiteside
Steuben Marshall
Stevenson Marion
Stickney Cook
Stites St. Clair
Stockland Iroquois
Stockton Jo Daviess
Stone Fort Saline
Stonington Christian
Stookey St. Clair
Stratton Edgar
Stronghurst Henderson
Sublette Lee
Suez Mercer
Sugar Creek Clinton
Sugar Grove Kane
Sugarloaf St. Clair
Sullivan Livingston
Sullivan Moultrie
Sullivant Ford
Summit Effingham
Sumner Kankakee
Sumner Warren
Sumpter Cumberland
Sunbury Livingston
Swan Warren
Sycamore DeKalb
Symmes Edgar
Talkington Sangamon
Tamalco Bond
Tampico Whiteside
Tate Saline
Taylor Ogle
Taylorville Christian
Tennessee McDonough
Terre Haute Henderson
Teutopolis Effingham
Texas DeWitt
Thompson Jo Daviess
Thornton Cook
Timber Peoria
Todds Point Shelby
Tolono Champaign
Tompkins Warren
Tonti Marion
Toulon Stark
Towanda McLean
Tower Hill Shelby
Tremont Tazewell
Trivoli Peoria
Troy Grove LaSalle
Troy Will
Truro Knox
Tunbridge DeWitt
Tuscola Douglas
Twigg Hamilton
Tyrone Franklin
Union Grove Whiteside
Union Cumberland
Union Effingham
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Union Livingston
Unity Piatt
Urbana Champaign
Ursa Adams
Ustick Whiteside
Utica LaSalle
Valley Stark
Vance Vermilion
Vandalia Fayette
Venedy Washington
Venice Madison
Vergennes Jackson
Vermillion LaSalle
Vermont Fulton
Vernon Lake
Versailles Brown
Victor DeKalb
Victoria Knox
Vienna Grundy
Vinegar Hill Jo Daviess
Viola Lee
Virden Macoupin
Virgil Kane
Virginia Cass
Wabash Clark
Waddams Stephenson
Wade Clinton
Wade Jasper
Waldo Livingston
Walker Hancock
Walkerville Greene
Wall Ford
Wallace LaSalle
Walnut Grove Knox
Walnut Grove McDonough
Walnut Bureau
Walshville Montgomery
Waltham LaSalle
Wapella DeWitt
Wards Grove Jo Daviess
Warren Jo Daviess
Warren Lake
Warsaw Hancock
Washington Carroll
Washington Tazewell
Washington Will
Waterford Fulton
Watson Effingham
Wauconda Lake
Waukegan Lake
Wauponsee Grundy
Wayne DuPage
Waynesville DeWitt
Webber Jefferson
Weller Henry
Wesley Will
West Deerfield Lake
West Galena Jo Daviess
West Jersey Stark
West Lincoln Logan
West Point Stephenson
West Effingham
West McLean
Western Mound Macoupin
Western Henry
Westfield Bureau
Westfield Clark
Wethersfield Henry
Wheatfield Clinton
Wheatland Bureau
Wheatland Fayette
Wheatland Will
Wheeling Cook
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White Oak McLean
White Rock Ogle
Whitefield Marshall
Whitley Moultrie
Whitmore Macon
Wilberton Fayette
Will Will
Williams Sangamon
Willow Branch Piatt
Willow Creek Lee
Willow Hill Jasper
Wilmington Will
Wilson DeWitt
Wilton Will
Windsor Shelby
Winfield DuPage
Winnebago Winnebago
Winslow Stephenson
Witt Montgomery
Wood River Madison
Woodbine Jo Daviess
Woodbury Cumberland
Woodland Carroll
Woodland Fulton
Woodside Sangamon
Woodstock Schuyler
Woodville Greene
Woosung Ogle
Worth Cook
Worth Woodford
Wrights Greene
Wyanet Bureau
Wyoming Lee
Wysox Carroll
Wythe Hancock
Xenia Clay
Yates McLean
Yellowhead Kankakee
York Carroll
York Clark
York DuPage
Yorktown Henry
Young America Edgar
Young Hickory Fulton
Zanesville Montgomery
Zif Wayne
Zion Lake
Zuma Rock Island

Coterminous townships

Several townships in Illinois are coterminous, each having boundaries identical to an incorporated municipality. Also called "townships within a city" or a "coterminous municipality," conterminous townships are governed by the state's Township Code, and granted additional privileges and powers. Those privileges and powers include the ability to combine township offices and city offices except that of township supervisor whose role then becomes supervisor of general assistance, the ability for the city council to exercise all of the powers of the township board, and the ability to unilaterally annex small portion of adjacent township territory.

Some townships are functionally coterminous, in which a city completely encompasses their boundaries, but also includes additional territory of adjacent townships. Examples of functionally coterminous municipalities include Granite City Township, Madison County; City of Peoria Township, Peoria County; and Capital Township, Sangamon County. These townships retain coterminous status as it relates to the function and structure of their local government - for instance, Capital Township's roads are maintained by the Springfield Department of Public Works as opposed to a township highway commission. However, unlike physically conterminous municipalities, functional coterminous municipalities can not unilaterally annex small portions of adjacent township territory, and must follow the regular annexation process laid out in the Illinois Municipal Code.

As of 2013, coterminous townships included:

Former townships

  • Belleville Township, St. Clair County — Dissolved at the end of May 2017, under a new Article 28 of the Township Code (60 ILCS 1/28-10), with the approval of ordinances by the township in January 2016 and its co-terminous municipality, the City of Belleville, in May 2016.
  • Evanston Township, Cook County — formed as Ridgeville Township in 1850; boundaries changed and renamed Evanston Township in 1857; dissolved in May 2017 and functions transferred to City of Evanston
  • Hyde Park Township, Cook County — created in 1861; annexed into Chicago in 1889
  • Jefferson Township, Cook County — created in 1850; annexed into Chicago in 1889
  • Lake Township, Cook County — created in 1850; annexed into Chicago in 1889
  • Lake View Township, Cook County — formed from part of Ridgeville Township in 1857;annexed into Chicago in 1889
  • Milam Township, Macon County — merged into neighboring Mount Zion Township, Macon County in 2009.
  • North Chicago, South Chicago, and West Chicago Townships, Cook County, formed in the 1840s within Chicago, abolished 1902
  • Ridgeville Township, Cook County — see Evanston Township in this list
  • Rocky Run Township, Hancock County
  • Salisbury Township, Sangamon County — In 1989, Salisbury Township was extinguished and its territory annexed to Fancy Creek and Gardner townships.
  • South Fillmore Township, Montgomery County
  • West Peoria Township, Peoria County In May 2021, the West Peoria Township was dissolved and the City of West Peoria assumed responsibilities.
  • Wilcox Township, Hancock County

See also

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