Rockville Township, Kankakee County, Illinois

Rockville Township
Location in Kankakee County
Location in Kankakee County
Kankakee County's location in Illinois
Kankakee County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°15′09″N 87°56′52″W / 41.25250°N 87.94778°W / 41.25250; -87.94778
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyKankakee
EstablishedMay 9, 1853
Government
 • SupervisorRichard Moran
Area
 • Total36.6 sq mi (95 km2)
 • Land36.45 sq mi (94.4 km2)
 • Water0.15 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.41%
Elevation
640 ft (195 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
852
 • Density24.1/sq mi (9.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
60901, 60914, 60950
FIPS code17-091-65195

Rockville Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 879 and it contained 326 housing units.[2] It was formerly a township of Will County until Kankakee County was created. The township's name may have been derived from a Potawatomi village known to the pioneers as "Little Rock Village."

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "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.