Saline Township is located in Madison County,

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, in the

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,321 and it contained 2,486 housing units. Saline Township covers the northern part of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...

, most of Grantfork, and the Madison County portion of Pierron. The government offices are in Woodcrest Drive in Highland.

History

Saline Township was named from the

salinity Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt (chemistry), salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensio ...

of a salt well.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 96.44%) is land and (or 3.56%) is water.

Demographics

References

External links

City-data.com
Townships in Madison County, Illinois Townships in Illinois {{MadisonCountyIL-geo-stub