Township Profile

Location

Hanover Township is located approximately 35 miles northwest of the City of Chicago, in Cook
County. Hanover Township is within close distance to O’Hare International Airport, Midway
International Airport, Schaumburg Regional Airport and DuPage Regional Airport. The Township is
near I-90 and U.S. Route 20 and four state highways. The total land area is approximately 33.71
square miles.

History

Hanover was organized as a Township on April 2, 1850, primarily to provide government closer to
home than the county seat in Chicago. Land was divided like a checkerboard into six mile squares
called Townships, each Township being roughly 36 square miles. Hanover's location in the
checkerboard is designated as Township 411 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian -
the farthest west of the old "country Towns" of Cook County. In 1850, the first federal census of
Hanover Township reported a population of 672. Most of these people were from upstate New York
and New England. Ten years later, there were 926 residents, but a marked change in composition
had occurred. Most were German Protestants from the Kingdom of Hanover in Germany - hence the
Township's name. 

Community Make-up

Hanover Township's total population is 100,092. 

Hanover Township Municipal Populations:

The Hanover Township 2023 Quality of Life Index report was released and presented to the Board of Trustees in June of 2023.