Blackberry Township, Kane County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

41°51′12″N 088°25′53″W / 41.85333°N 88.43139°W / 41.85333; -88.43139CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyKaneArea

• Total35.03 sq mi (90.7 km²) • Land34.92 sq mi (90.4 km²) • Water0.11 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.31%Elevation

^[1]

781 ft (238 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[2]

15,484 • Density432.1/sq mi (166.8/km²)FIPS code17-089-06262GNIS feature ID0428677

Blackberry Township is located in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,090 and it contained 4,988 housing units.^[3] Most of its land use is agricultural.

Geography

The major part of the village of Elburn and a small part of the village of North Aurora are incorporated villages in Blackberry Township. The rest belongs to unincorporated Kane County.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.03 square miles (90.7 km²), of which 34.92 square miles (90.4 km²) (or 99.69%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) (or 0.31%) is water.^[3]

La Fox is a small unincorporated community in Blackberry Township on the train line to Chicago.

Cities, towns, villages

Elburn (vast majority)
Geneva (small portion)
North Aurora (small portion)

Unincorporated Towns

Bald Mound
La Fox
Nottingham Woods
Willow Creek

Municipalities and communities of Kane County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Geneva

Cities

Aurora‡
Batavia‡
Elgin‡
Geneva‡
St. Charles‡

Villages

Townships

CDP

Prestbury

Other
unincorporated
communities

Footnotes

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

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Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	15,484	^[2]
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

"Blackberry Township, Kane County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.