Lisle Township is one of nine
townships
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DuPage County
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,
Illinois
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USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 116,268 and it contained 47,174 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.30%) is land and (or 1.70%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Bolingbrook (partial)
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Downers Grove (partial)
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Lisle (vast majority)
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Naperville
Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage and Will County, Illinois, Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is in the Chicago metro area, west of the city.
Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper. The city was ...
(partial)
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Woodridge (partial)
Unincorporated towns
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Belmont at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjoining Townships
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York Township, DuPage County (northeast)
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Downers Grove Township, DuPage County (east and southeast)
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DuPage Township, Will County (south)
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Wheatland Township, Will County (southwest)
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Naperville Township, DuPage County (west)
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Winfield Township, DuPage County (northwest)
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Milton Township, DuPage County (north)
Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Blodgett, Illinois Benedictine College, Oak Crest, Saint Bernards and Saints Peter and Paul.
Major highways
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Interstate 88
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Interstate 355
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U.S. Route 34
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Illinois Route 53
Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner to IL 83 in Long Grove, a distance of . It mainly ...
Airports and landing strips
* Corporetum Office Campus Heliport
* Global Fire Protection Heliport
Landmarks
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Benedictine University
Benedictine University is a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois. It was founded in 1887 as St. Procopius College by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in the Pilsen community on the West Side of Chicago. The insti ...
* Dupage County Green Valley Forest Preserve
* Morton Arboretum (south half)
Demographics
School districts
* Lisle Community Unit School District 202
* Naperville Community Unit District 203
Political districts
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Illinois's 6th congressional district
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Illinois's 11th congressional district
The 11th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Bill Foster.
Geographic boundaries 2011 redistricting
From 1865 to 1867, the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties. From 1901 until 1947 th ...
* State House District 42
* State House District 47
* State House District 48
* State Senate District 21
* State Senate District 24
References
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United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States National Atlas
External links
Township Officials of Illinois
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisle Township, Dupage County, Illinois
Townships in DuPage County, Illinois
Populated places established in 1849
1849 establishments in Illinois
Townships in Illinois