Freeport Township | |
|---|---|
Township | |
 Location in Stephenson County | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′25″N 89°38′05″W / 42.29028°N 89.63472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Stephenson |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Patrick Sellers |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.79 sq mi (30.5 km2) |
| • Land | 11.78 sq mi (30.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) 0.08% |
| Elevation | 807 ft (246 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Estimate (2016)[1] | 24,392 |
| • Density | 2,177/sq mi (841/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 17-177-27897 |
Freeport Township is located in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,638 and it contained 12,396 housing units.[2] Freeport Township is coterminous with City of Freeport. It is one of seventeen coterminous townships in Illinois.[3]
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ Sohl, Shannon N.; Bannovetz, James M. (May 2014). "Too Many Governments in Illinois? What is the Impact on Townships?" (PDF). Policy Profiles. 13 (1). Northern Illinois University: 1–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2016.