List of Illinois townships

All told, Illinois has 1,428 such townships, and they are the slight majority of the state's general units of local government.

[5][6] There are 17 counties with no township government: Alexander, Calhoun, Edwards, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Scott, Union, Wabash, and Williamson.

Each county has the option to adopt or discontinue the township form of government.

[11] 60 ILCS 1/85-13 enumerates general services that townships are allowed to spend money on: Other parts of 60 ILCS 1 authorize townships to provide cemeteries,[12] comfort stations, community buildings, hospitals, monuments, open spaces, parks, facilities for the developmentally disabled, and disposal of brush and leaves.

[13] After approval by a referendum, a township may also provide water and sewer services and general waste collection.