Jersey Township is one of eleven

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in Jersey County,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,165 and it contained 4,398 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Jerseyville

Adjacent townships

* Rockbridge Township, Greene County (northeast) * Ruyle Township (northeast) * Fidelity Township (east) * Piasa Township (southeast) * Mississippi Township (south) * Otter Creek Township (southwest) * English Township (west) * Kane Township, Greene County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Keller, Oak Grove and Saint Francis Xavier.

Major highways

U.S. Route 67 U.S. Route 67 is a major north–south U.S. highway which extends for 1,560 miles (2,511 km) in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues so ...

Illinois Route 16 Illinois Route 16 (IL 16) is an east–west highway in central Illinois. Its western terminus is at the Joe Page Bridge over the Illinois River in Hardin, while its eastern terminus is at Paris at Illinois Route 1 and U.S. Route 150, with I ...

Illinois Route 109 Illinois Route 109 (IL 109) is a minor north–south state road in southwest Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 3 east of Newbern north to U.S. Route 67 in Jerseyville. Route description Illinois 109 is a two-lane, undivided surfac ...

Airports and landing strips

* Jersey Community Hospital heliport * Jerseyville Aviation Airport

Landmarks

* American Legion Fairgrounds

Demographics

School districts

Jersey Community Unit School District 100 Jersey Community Unit School District 100 is a public K-12 school district based in Jerseyville, Illinois. The school district consists of five attendance centers in two municipalities, serving students in most of Jersey County, Illinois, and ...

Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

Political districts

Illinois's 13th congressional district The 13th congressional district of Illinois is currently represented by Democrat Nikki Budzinski. Redistricting 2020 redistricting Following the 2020 census and the subsequent redistricting cycle, the 13th congressional district was signific ...

* State House District 100 * State Senate District 50

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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