Wauconda Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA.

As of the 2020 census, its population was 23,628.

[2] Wauconda Township covers an area of 24.2 square miles (62.8 km2); of this, 1.4 square miles (3.5 km2) or 5.59 percent is water.

The stream of Mutton Creek runs through this township.

The township contains six cemeteries: Fisher Family (historic) west of Volo; Hope Grove (historic) east of Volo; Saint Peter Catholic in Volo; Slocum Family (historic) west of Wauconda; Volo (historic) in Volo; and Wauconda in Wauconda.