Hanover Township, Illinois, United States

🇺🇸 Hanover Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA and is located at the end of the county's panhandle. As of the 2020 census, it contained 35,007 housing units.

Hanover Township was established on April 2, 1850. The first reported population of the Township was 672. The Township gets its name from the "Kingdom of Hanover in Western Germany", which is where a majority of the Township's first residents originated from.

The primary governmental concerns were collecting taxes, control and collection of stray animals and maintenance of the roads. "Poor relief" was minimal in the early days of the Township and the Clerk was in control of organizing the machinery for elections, similar to the job they do today.

Today, Hanover Township has a population of over 105,000 residents. Most of Streamwood lies within the boundaries of the Township, along with portions of Bartlett, Elgin, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and unincorporated Cook County.

Township offices include the Township Town Hall at 250 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett, the Senior Center at 240 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett, the Astor Avenue Community Center at 7431 Astor Avenue in Hanover Park, and the Izaak Walton Youth Center at 899 Jay Street in Elgin.

Heritage Marker Program The Hanover Township Heritage Marker Program began in April 2011 to recognize and promote the many historic locations in Hanover Township. Currently there are five Heritage Markers around the Township, including: Ahlstrand Park in Hanover Park, Immanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery in Streamwood, Hoosier Grove Schoolhouse in Streamwood, Lords Park in Elgin and Leatherman Homestead in Bartlett.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Hanover Township covers an area of 33.7 square miles (87.2 km²); of this, 33.4 square miles (86.4 km²) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km²), or 0.89 percent, is water.

Cities, towns, villages • Bartlett (northern half) • Elgin (small portion) • Hanover Park (mostly) • Hoffman Estates (mostly) • Schaumburg (west edge) • South Barrington (south edge) • Streamwood; Unincorporated towns • Spaulding

Adjacent townships • Barrington Township (north) • Schaumburg Township (east) • Bloomingdale Township, DuPage County (southeast) • Wayne Township, DuPage County (south) • St. Charles Township, Kane County (southwest) • Elgin Township, Kane County (west) • Dundee Township, Kane County (northwest).

Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Bartlett, Bluff City, Lake Street Memorial Park and Mount Hope. Hoosier Grove cemetery behind Immanuel United Church of Christ on Old Church Road in Streamwood is closed for in-ground burials, but does have columbarium niches available through the church.

Major highways • Interstate 90 • U.S. Route 20 • Illinois Route 19 • Illinois Route 25 (grazes the north-west corner) • Illinois Route 58 • Illinois Route 59 • Illinois Route 72.

Transport: Air • Urso Heliport.

Lakes • Back Lake • Front Lake • Island Lake.