New Lenox Township, Will County, Illinois

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New Lenox Township
— Township —
Location in Will County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Will
Established	June 10, 1850
Government
• Supervisor	William McCollum
Area
• Total	35.8 sq mi (92.71 km²)
• Land	35.7 sq mi (92.46 km²)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.25 km²) 1%
Population (2000)
• Total	29,730
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Website	http://www.newlenox.org

New Lenox Township is located in the heart Will County, Illinois on US Route 30 and Interstate 80. The population was 29,730 at the 2000 census. New Lenox Township has thirty-six square miles within its jurisdiction. It serves almost all of the Village of New Lenox and parts of the individual municipalities of Mokena, Homer Glen, Joliet and, of course, the entire unincorporated areas of the New Lenox community. New Lenox Township changed its name from Vernon Township on June 10, 1850.

Current Officials

Bill McCollum - Supervisor
Bonnie Hernandez - Assessor
Dennis McPartlin - Road Commissioner
Jeanne Meeks - Collector
Michael Hickey - Trustee
Larry Wennlund - Trustee
Martin Boban - Trustee
Barbara Kaupas - Trustee
Annette Boyd - Clerk

External links

New Lenox Township Official Site

New Lenox Township Clerk Site

v d e Municipalities and communities of Will County, Illinois, USA

County seat: Joliet

Cities	Aurora‡ \| Braidwood \| Crest Hill \| Joliet‡ \| Lockport \| Naperville‡ \| Wilmington

Villages	Beecher \| Bolingbrook‡ \| Channahon‡ \| Coal City‡ \| Crete \| Diamond‡ \| Elwood \| Frankfort‡ \| Godley‡ \| Homer Glen \| Lemont‡ \| Manhattan \| Matteson‡ \| Minooka‡ \| Mokena \| Monee \| New Lenox \| Orland Park‡ \| Park Forest‡ \| Peotone \| Plainfield‡ \| Rockdale \| Romeoville \| Sauk Village‡ \| Shorewood \| Steger‡ \| Symerton \| Tinley Park‡ \| University Park‡ \| Woodridge‡

CDPs	Crystal Lawns \| Fairmont \| Frankfort Square \| Goodings Grove \| Ingalls Park \| Lakewood Shores \| Preston Heights \| Willowbrook

Townships	Channahon \| Crete \| Custer \| DuPage \| Florence \| Frankfort \| Green Garden \| Homer \| Jackson \| Joliet \| Lockport \| Manhattan \| Monee \| New Lenox \| Peotone \| Plainfield \| Reed \| Troy \| Washington \| Wesley \| Wheatland \| Will \| Wilmington \| Wilton

Unincorporated communities	Andres \| Ballou \| Custer Park \| Eagle Lake \| Goodenow \| Lorenzo \| Polk \| Ritchie \| Stateville \| Wilton \| Wilton Center

Ghost town	Millsdale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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New Lenox was also known as Spencer during the early 1900s.

Coordinates: 41°30′41″N 87°57′52″W / 41.51139°N 87.96444°W / 41.51139; -87.96444

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