Piasa Township, Jersey County, Illinois
Township in Illinois, United States
39°02′56″N 90°12′31″W / 39.04889°N 90.20861°W / 39.04889; -90.20861 (2010)
(2016)[1]
62012, 62035, 62052
Piasa Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,376 and it contained 1,321 housing units.[2]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km2), of which 35.99 square miles (93.2 km2) (or 99.70%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 0.30%) is water.[2]
Cities, towns, villages
- Brighton (western portion)
Unincorporated towns
- Lake Piasa
Adjacent townships
- Fidelity Township (north)
- Shipman Township, Macoupin County (northeast)
- Brighton Township, Macoupin County (east)
- Foster Township, Madison County (southeast)
- Godfrey Township, Madison County (south)
- Mississippi Township (west)
- Jersey Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Botts, Edwards, Eldridge, Marston and Saint Alphonsus.
Major highways
Lakes
- Thunderbird Lake
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2016 (est.) | 3,193 | [1] | |
U.S. Decennial Census[3] |
School districts
- Jersey Community Unit School District 100
- Southwestern Community Unit School District 9
Political districts
- Illinois' 19th congressional district
- State House District 97
- State Senate District 49
References
- "Piasa Township, Jersey County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
- United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States National Atlas
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External links
- City-Data.com
- Illinois State Archives
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Municipalities and communities of Jersey County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Jerseyville
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communities
‡ This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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