Editing Springfield, Illinois (section)

===Townships===
[[File:Map highlighting Capital Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.svg|thumb|right|Outline of the Township area and the City of Springfield in Sangamon County]]
The Capital Township formed from [[Springfield Township, Sangamon County, Illinois|Springfield Township]] on July 1, 1877, and was established and named by the Sangamon County Board on March 6, 1878. The limits of the township and City of Springfield were made co-extensive on February 17, 1892, but are no longer so with subsequent annexation by the City of Springfield. There are three functions of this township: assessing property, collection first property tax payment, and assisting residents that live in the township. One thing that makes the Capital township unique is that the township never has to raise taxes for road work, since the roads are maintained by the Springfield Department of Public Works.<ref name="Capital Township">[http://captwnshp.co.sangamon.il.us Capital Township] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208115712/http://captwnshp.co.sangamon.il.us/ |date=February 8, 2007 }}, Official site. Retrieved March 8, 2007.</ref><ref name="Illinois Archives">[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/sangamon.html Sangamon County Fact Sheet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024235521/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/sangamon.html |date=October 24, 2007 }}, Illinois State Archives. Retrieved March 10, 2007.</ref>

In the 21st century Springfield annexed large parts of Springfield and [[Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois|Woodside]] townships. The annexed parcels remained part of their original townships despite being within the Springfield city limits.<ref name="portions">{{Cite news |newspaper=State Journal-Register |url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/02/20/voters-face-township-annexation-advisory-questions/69901020007/ |date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=May 20, 2023 |title=Election 2023: Portions of two townships could be annexed into Springfield |author-first=Patrick |author-last=Keck |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220121938/https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/02/20/voters-face-township-annexation-advisory-questions/69901020007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>