Little Rock Township, Illinois

Little Rock Township
Location in Kendall County
Kendall County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°40′34″N 088°32′47″W / 41.67611°N 88.54639°W / 41.67611; -88.54639
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyKendall
EstablishedNovember 6, 1849 (1849-11-06)
Area
  Total
35.46 sq mi (91.8 km2)
  Land35.25 sq mi (91.3 km2)
  Water0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.59%
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Estimate 
(2016)
13,724
  Density371/sq mi (143/km2)
FIPS code17-093-44043
GNIS feature ID0429266
Websitehttps://littlerocktownship.com/

Little Rock Township occupies the 6-mile (9.7 km) square (with the southeast corner nipped off by the Fox River) in Kendall County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,076 and it contained 4,723 housing units. Little Rock is named after Little Rock Creek, which flows through the township. The largest settlement in the township is the city of Plano, from where the township is administered.