Squaw Grove Township, DeKalb County, Illinois

Squaw Grove Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,802 and it contained 1,123 housing units.[2] The name is controversial because squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for indigenous North American women.[3][4][5][6]

Squaw Grove Township
Township
Location in DeKalb County
DeKalb County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°45′29″N 88°39′22″W
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyDeKalb
EstablishedNovember 6, 1849
Area
 • Total35.09 sq mi (90.9 km2)
 • Land34.92 sq mi (90.4 km2)
 • Water0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.48%
Elevation
771 ft (235 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,802
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
2,792
 • Density80.2/sq mi (31.0/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
60119, 60511, 60520, 60548, 60552
FIPS code17-037-72182

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.09 square miles (90.9 km2), of which 34.92 square miles (90.4 km2) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (or 0.48%) is water.[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Cemeteries
  • Greenwood
  • Immanuel Lutheran
  • Miller

Airports and landing strips
  • Ballek Landing Area
  • Hinckley Airport

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2016 (est.)2,792[1]
US Decennial Census[7]

School districts

Political districts

References
  • "Squaw Grove Township, DeKalb County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  • United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. National Museum of the American Indian (2007). Do All Indians Live in Tipis?. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-115301-3.
  4. Schulman, Susan (16 Jan 2015). "Squaw Island to be renamed 'Deyowenoguhdoh'". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 14 April 2019. The proposed name change comes at the request of Native Americans, who say the word "squaw" is a racist, sexist term
  5. Arlene B. Hirschfelder; Paulette Fairbanks Molin (2012). The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists. Scarecrow. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8108-7709-2.
  6. King, C. Richard, "De/Scribing Squ*w: Indigenous Women and Imperial Idioms in the United States" in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v27 n2 p1-16 2003. Accessed Oct. 9, 2015
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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