Township Logo Newport Township

P.O. Box 312, Russell, Illinois 60075




Newport Township - Lake County, Illinois


Welcome!

Newport Township Office is located at:
40870 North Hunt Club Road
Old Mill Creek, IL 60083
Telephone:  (847) 395-3400
Fax:  (847) 395-3402
        
Assessor's Office
Telephone:  (847) 838-6869
Fax:  (847) 395-9003

UPDATE: Annual Town Meeting Tuesday, April 10, 2012

SHALL THE SPECIAL TAX FOR ROAD PURPOSES OF .167% BE REPEALED FOR THE NEWPORT TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT? 

  • 36 Yes  
  • 29  No 

SPECIAL TAX WILL BE REPEALED

The Township office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

REMINDER: Township meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the township office.

Visit the "Info Center" for more information, recent agendas, meeting minutes, budget & expenditures, township road maps and more.

Newport Township is located in Lake County, Illinois.  As of 2009 our population was 4,998.  Our township includes the villages of Wadsworth, Old Mill Creek, Millburn, Russell, small portions of the Villages of Gurnee and Antioch, and a very small portion of the city of Zion.  Newport Township covers an area of 33.18 square miles (85.94 square kilometers); of this, 0.3 square miles (0.77 square kilometers) or 0.9 percent is water. Lakes in our township include Sterling Lake. The streams of Mill Creek, North Mill Creek and Pettibone Creek run through the township.