title: Kankakee Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
text: # Kankakee Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
  
  Kankakee Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,558 and it contained 11,219 housing units. This township has the smallest area in the county, but is second largest in population.
  
  ## History
  
  Kankakee Township was formed from a portion of Bourbonnais Township on March 12, 1855.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 18.45 square miles (47.8 $km^2),$ of which 17.97 square miles (46.5 $km^2)$ (or 97.40%) is land and 0.48 square miles (1.2 $km^2)$ (or 2.60%) is water.
  
  ### Cities, towns, villages
  
  * Kankakee (northeast three-quarters)
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * West Kankakee at 41°07′07″N 87°53′17″W﻿ / ﻿41.118644°N 87.888099°W﻿ / 41.118644; -87.888099
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Bourbonnais Township (north)
  * Aroma Township (east)
  * Ganeer Township (east)
  * Otto Township (southwest)
  * Limestone Township (west)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains these four cemeteries: Mound Grove, Mount Calvary, Old State Hospital and State Hospital.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Interstate 57
  * U.S. Route 45
  * Illinois Route 17
  * Illinois Route 50
  
  ### Airports and landing strips
  
  * Benoit Airport
  * Kankakee Valley Airport (north quarter)
  * Riverside Medical Center Heliport
  * Saint Marys Hospital Heliport
  
  ### Rivers
  
  * Iroquois River
  * Kankakee River
  
  ## Government
  
  The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 187 South Schuyler Avenue, Suite 410, Kankakee, IL 60901.
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Illinois's 11th congressional district
  * State House District 79
  * State Senate District 40
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Herscher Community Unit School District 2
  * Kankakee School District 111
  