Millersburg Township is located in
Mercer County,
Illinois
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 755 and it contained 334 housing units.
It contains the
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Millersburg.
Millersburg is named after George Abraham Miller, a Primitive Baptist who, with several families, settled in Mercer County, Illinois on the Edwards River in 1834. These families traveled from Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana for the purpose of expanding the church into the area. The congregation was known as the Edwards River Church of Regular Baptists.
[History of Mercer County, E. H. Hill & Co., Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, 1882] The Church was disbanded in 1847, and the last of the Original settlers Isaac Miller, left for Oregon in 1851.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
References
External links
City-data.com
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Townships in Mercer County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois
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