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Adams

A township of 1,916 people in LaSalle County, Illinois
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Township in Illinois, US
1849Established
1,619Population
33.1 sq miArea
676 ftElevation

Adams Township is one of thirty-seven townships in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,619.

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The public schools Adams’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 66% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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