Campton Township is located in

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,174 and it contained 5,662 housing units. The township's rural character is subject to increased development. Following an annexation by

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of northern land for high density development, in May 2007 most of the unincorporated areas of the township became part of the new Village of Campton Hills.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.65%) is land and (or 0.35%) is water.

Demographics

Trivia

* In the 1840s, the family of young Charles Ingalls moved from New York to the tallgrass

prairie Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...

of Campton Township, just west of

References

External links

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