Dorr Township, McHenry County, Illinois

Dorr Township
Township
Location in McHenry County
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	McHenry
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	36 sq mi (90 km²)
• Land	35.98 sq mi (93.2 km²)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²) 0.03%
Population (2010)
• Total	20,911
• Density	581.2/sq mi (224.4/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Website	Dorr Township Official Web Site

Dorr Township is located in McHenry County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 20,911 and it contained 8,520 housing units.^[1] Dorr Township changed its name from Centre Township on December 28, 1850.

History

Dorr Township is named after Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr of Rhode Island.^[2] Governor Dorr helped to modernize voting in America by removing arcane age limitations and fighting for universal white male suffrage. Dorr was arrested and tried for treason before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. In 1844 he was committed to prison with a life sentence of solitary confinement and hard labor. He was released after 12 months but his health never fully recovered.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36 square miles (93 km²), of which 35.98 square miles (93.2 km²) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (or 0.03%) is water.^[1]

Dorr Township is one of seventeen townships in McHenry County. It covers portions of Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Lakewood and Bull Valley. Dorr Township covers 34 1/2 miles of road.

References

1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.

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Municipalities and communities of McHenry County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Woodstock

Cities	Crystal Lake Harvard Marengo McHenry Woodstock

Villages	Algonquin‡ Barrington Hills‡ Bull Valley Cary Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Greenwood Hebron Holiday Hills Huntley‡ Island Lake‡ Johnsburg Lake in the Hills Lakemoor‡ Lakewood McCullom Lake Oakwood Hills Port Barrington‡ Prairie Grove Richmond Ringwood Spring Grove Trout Valley Union Wonder Lake

Townships	Alden Algonquin Burton Chemung Coral Dorr Dunham Grafton Greenwood Hartland Hebron Marengo McHenry Nunda Richmond Riley Seneca

CDPs	Chemung Pistakee Highlands

Other unincorporated communities	Alden Big Foot Prairie‡ Burtons Bridge Coral Franklinville Harmony Hartland Lawrence Palm Beach Ridgefield Riley Silver Lake Solon Mills Terra Cotta

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

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Coordinates: 42°17′07″N 88°25′00″W / 42.28528°N 88.41667°W / 42.28528; -88.41667

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