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Township in Illinois, United StatesProviso Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 151,209. It was organized in 1850 and originally named "Taylor", but shortly afterward its name was changed to make reference to the Wilmot Proviso, a contemporary piece of legislation intended to stop the spread of slavery. The Proviso Township government office is located at 4565 West Harrison Street, Hillside, IL 60162.
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The public schools Proviso’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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