| Official Name: | Monee Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Image Map1: | Map of Illinois highlighting Will County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 150px |
| Map Caption1: | Will County's location in Illinois |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Will |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Donna T. Dettbarn |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | November 6, 1849 |
| Area Total Km2: | 92.9 |
| Area Land Km2: | 92.72 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.18 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.87 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.8 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.20 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 437.7 |
| Elevation M: | 236 |
| Elevation Ft: | 774 |
| Coordinates: | 41.4244°N -87.7236°W |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 60417, 60449, 60466, 60484 |
| Area Code: | 708 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-197-49958 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Est: | 15490 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Monee Township is one of 24 townships in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,669 and it contained 6,182 housing units.[2] Monee Township used to be known as Carcy Township, but the name was changed at an unknown date.
After the 1832 Treaty of Tippecanoe, daughters of Marie Bailly, an Odawa or Potawatomi woman, were granted 1,280 acres of land in Monee Township surrounding the site of today's Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve.[3] [4] The reservation was purchased by William B. Ogden of Chicago in 1851.[5] [6]
On May 26, 1917, Monee Township was hit by a devastating cyclone. The cyclone, which appeared to have multiple tornadoes, was visible from neighboring Peatone, and left a two to three mile wide path of destruction as it moved from west to east through Will County. Crops were damaged, and at least 50 horses and 100 cattle were killed in Monee and Green Garden townships. The cyclone destroyed multiple homes, wrecked an Illinois Central freight train, drove the water out of Monee Reservoir, and made the road through the wooded picnic grounds at Raccoon Grove impassible. Many trees were downed in the village of Monee, but most structures were spared.[7]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.80%) is land and (or 0.20%) is water.[2] It includes all of Monee, almost all of University Park as well as a small portion of Park Forest.
Monee Township is bordered by Western Avenue on the east, Steger Road on the north (where Cook County and Will County share a border), Harlem Avenue on the west, and Offner Road on the south.
The township contains the Saint Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery.