Official Name: | Grant Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Motto: | "Grass Roots and New Tomorrows" |
Image Map1: | Map of Illinois highlighting Lake County.svg |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Map Caption1: | Lake County's location in Illinois |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lake |
Leader Title: | Supervisor |
Leader Name: | Catherine "Kay" Starostovic |
Area Total Km2: | 59.5 |
Area Land Km2: | 45.5 |
Area Water Km2: | 14.0 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Elevation M: | 244 |
Elevation Ft: | 801 |
Coordinates: | 42.3689°N -88.16°W |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 17-097-30952 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Est: | 27040 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Grant Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,523.[2] Grant Township changed its name from Goodale Township on March 8, 1867.[3]
Grant Township covers an area of 59.5sqkm; of this, 14sqkm or 23.52 percent is water.[2] Lakes in this township include Brandenburg Lake, Duck Lake, Fish Lake, Fox Lake, Long Lake, Nippersink Lake, Redhead Lake, Sullivan Lake and Wooster Lake. The streams of Eagle Creek and Squaw Creek run through this township.
The township contains two cemeteries, Grant, and St. Bede Catholic Cemetery