Waukegan Township, Lake County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

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

• Benton Township (north)
• Shields Township (south)
• Libertyville Township (southwest)
• Warren Township (west)
• Newport Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

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

Major highways

• U.S. Route 41
• Illinois Route 120
• Illinois Route 131
• Illinois Route 132
• Illinois Route 137

Airports and landing strips

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

Demographics

References

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

1. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
2. "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.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

• Waukegan Township official website
• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com
• US Census
• Illinois State Archives