Waukegan Township, Lake County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

42°22′23″N 87°51′01″W / 42.37306°N 87.85028°W / 42.37306; -87.85028CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyLakeEstablishedNovember 6, 1849Government

• SupervisorPatricia JonesArea

• Total21.4 sq mi (55.3 km²) • Land21.0 sq mi (54.5 km²) • Water0.3 sq mi (0.8 km²)Elevation

650 ft (198 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

89,834Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-097-79306Websitewww.waukegantownship.com

Waukegan Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 90,893.^[2]

Geography

Waukegan Township covers an area of 21.4 square miles (55.3 km²); of this, 0.31 square miles (0.8 km²) or 1.41 percent is water.^[2] Lakes in this township include Dead Lake. Sunderland Creek and the Waukegan River run through this township.

Cities and towns

Beach Park (north quarter)
North Chicago (south quarter)
Park City (west quarter)
Waukegan (partial)

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Am Echod Jewish, North Shore Garden of Memories, Oakwood, Pahlman Family and Saint Marys.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Waukegan Regional Airport
Saint Therese Medical Center Heliport
Victory Memorial Hospital Off Heliport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	89,834	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Waukegan township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.