Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois


Grant Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,523. Grant Township changed its name from Goodale Township between 1865 and 1870.

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of ; of this, or 23.52 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Brandenburg Lake, Duck Lake, Fish Lake, Fox Lake, Long Lake, Nippersink Lake, Redhead Lake, Sullivan Lake and Wooster Lake. The streams of Eagle Creek and Squaw Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

The township contains two cemeteries, Grant, and St. Bede Catholic Cemetery

Major highways