Wauconda Township, Lake County, Illinois

Wauconda Township
Wauconda Township
CDT)
FIPS code	17-097-79280
Website	www.waucondatownship.com

Wauconda Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 23,628.^[2]

Geography

Wauconda Township covers an area of 24.2 square miles (62.8 km²); of this, 1.4 square miles (3.5 km²) or 5.59 percent is water.^[2] Lakes in this township include Bangs Lake and Slocum Lake. The stream of Mutton Creek runs through this township.

Cities and towns

Port Barrington (southwest corner)
Island Lake (east half)
Lake Barrington (south edge)
Lakemoor (north edge)
Volo (north edge)
Wauconda (southeast corner)

Adjacent townships

Grant Township (north)
Avon Township (northeast)
Fremont Township (east)
Ela Township (southeast)
Cuba Township (south)
Algonquin Township, McHenry County (southwest)
Nunda Township, McHenry County (west)
McHenry Township, McHenry County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Fisher Family (historic) west of Volo; Hope Grove (historic) east of Volo; Saint Peter Catholic in Volo; Slocum Family (historic) west of Wauconda; Volo (historic) in Volo; and Wauconda in Wauconda.

Major highways

U.S. Route 12
Illinois State Route 59
Illinois State Route 60
Illinois State Route 120
Illinois State Route 176

Airports and landing strips

Oak Knoll Farm Airport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	22,514	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wauconda 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.

External links

[USCensusEst2016-1] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[Census_2010-2] "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wauconda township, Lake County, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2012.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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Cities		Highland Park Highwood Lake Forest North Chicago Park City Waukegan Zion	Map of Illinois highlighting Lake County
Villages	Antioch Arlington Heights‡ Bannockburn Barrington‡ Barrington Hills‡ Beach Park Buffalo Grove‡ Deer Park‡ Deerfield‡ Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hawthorn Woods Indian Creek Island Lake‡ Kildeer Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Villa Lake Zurich Lakemoor‡ Libertyville Lincolnshire Lindenhurst Long Grove Mettawa Mundelein North Barrington Old Mill Creek Palatine‡ Port Barrington‡ Riverwoods Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Third Lake Tower Lakes Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Wheeling‡ Winthrop Harbor
Townships	Antioch Avon Benton Cuba Ela Fremont Grant Lake Villa Libertyville Moraine Newport Shields Vernon Warren Wauconda Waukegan West Deerfield Zion
CDPs	Channel Lake Forest Lake Fox Lake Hills Gages Lake Grandwood Park Knollwood Lake Catherine Long Lake Venetian Village
Other unincorporated communities	Aptakisic Diamond Lake Eddy Fort Sheridan Fremont Center Gilmer Grange Hall Grass Lake Ingleside Ivanhoe Kennedy Loon Lake Millburn Monaville Palm Beach‡ Prairie View Rondout Rosecrans Russell Sylvan Lake West Miltmore Wildwood
Former settlements	Half Day Wilson
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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