Homer Township, Illinois

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|settlement_type = Township

|official_name = Homer Township

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|subdivision_name1 = Illinois

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|subdivision_name2 = Will

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|established_title = Established

|established_date = November 6, 1836

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|area_total_sq_mi = 36.1

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|pop_est_as_of = 2016

|pop_est_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=June 9, 2017}}

|population_est = 39495

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|blank_info = 17-197-35827

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Homer Township is located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,059 and it contained 13,418 housing units.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17197

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212201025/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17197

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|archive-date=2020-02-12

|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1

|publisher=United States Census

|access-date=2013-05-28

}} In 2001, the village of Homer Glen was incorporated within area that is Homer Township. This region was formerly an unincorporated census-designated place known as Goodings Grove, Illinois.