Derinda Township is one of 23 townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.

As of the 2010 census, its population was 321 and it contained 176 housing units.

[2] Derinda Township was named in the 1850s for Derinda Barr, the wife of an early settler.

[3] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.02 square miles (95.9 km2), of which 36.96 square miles (95.7 km2) (or 99.84%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 0.16%) is water.

John's Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran/Derinda Center, and Morrison/Derinda Methodist.