Bourbonnais Township, Kankakee County, Illinois


Bourbonnais Township is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,137 and it contained 15,153 housing units.
Bourbonnais is the home of Olivet Nazarene University, a private liberal arts Christian college affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene. Bourbonnais and Olivet Nazarene University are also the summer home of the Chicago Bears, who hold their summer training camp at Olivet.

History

Bourbonnais Township was formerly a township of Will County until Kankakee County was created in 1853.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Cities, towns, villages

The township contains these three cemeteries: Maternity BVM, Smith, and All Saints'.

Major highways

Government

The township is governed by an elected Town Board of a Supervisor and four Trustees. The Township also has an elected Assessor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner and Supervisor. The Township Office is located at 1350 Armour Road, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914.

Political districts