Census Records Confusion: Townships vs. their Cities, and Counties!

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Joseph Smith III and Joseph Slocum Bibbins both lived in the same County, Kendall County from 1866-1881 (the man who I think is the son of the man in my CDV and the man who created my 1860s CDV from an older Daguerreotype- ending up in a "Smith Family Album"). Kendall County includes both- the cities of Plano and Newark: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kendall+County,+IL/@41.5908925,-88.4279255,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880ee76db44b6bc3:0x6a5eee3419f9b2b8!8m2!3d41.5507043!4d-88.4403883

When researching the Provenance of J.S. Bibbins (photographic artist that took my CDV) who was from the cities of Newark, Kendall County, Illinois and Joseph Smith III (J.S. III) who lived in Plano, Kendall County Illinois (from 1866-1881), census records often showed the name of their "township" they were from- instead of the towns or counties, example Joseph Slocum Bibbins from the 1860 census is recorded as an "artist"- tax records specify "artist" and "Photographer", but no where is named on the record "Newark" but "Big Grove"- which was a township- that included "Newark"- link here: https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/big-grove-township-kendall-il/

Joseph Smith III writes about moving to Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, but the Joseph Smith Paper's notes him "moving" to "Little Rock" and giving the reference as the 1870 U.S. Census records, however further research again proves that there was a Township of Little Rock, that INCLUDED Plano, and although the 1880 census states "Plano" as where J.S. III lived (the JS Papers says that he "moved back" there), very likely he never left, but the Census record used the Little Rock Township name, which included Plano: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Little+Rock+Township,+IL/@41.6765945,-88.6065862,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880ec3e12d7b1211:0x4a030e6309601267!8m2!3d41.6916264!4d-88.5371958

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