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Waukegan Township
Waukegan Township
Township
	Location in Lake County
	Lake County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 42°22′23″N 87°51′01″W / 42.37306°N 87.85028°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lake
Established	November 6, 1849
Government
• Supervisor	Patricia Jones
Area
• Total	21.4 sq mi (55.3 km2)
• Land	21.0 sq mi (54.5 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Elevation	650 ft (198 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	89,834
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-097-79306
Website	www.waukegantownship.com

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

Geography edit

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 edit

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

Adjacent townships edit

Cemeteries edit

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

Major highways edit

Airports and landing strips edit

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

Demographics edit

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

References edit

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.