Richwood Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 653 and it contained 302 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.91 square miles (98.2 km2), of which 37.66 square miles (97.5 km2) (or 99.34%) is land and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) (or 0.66%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
- Fieldon
Unincorporated towns
- Reardon
- Reddish
- Spankey
Adjacent townships
- Woodville Township, Greene County (north)
- Kane Township, Greene County (northeast)
- English Township (east)
- Otter Creek Township (southeast)
- Rosedale Township (south)
Cemeteries
The township contains these three cemeteries: Gunterman, Reddish and Reddish-Dunham Ford.
Major highways
- Illinois Route 16
- Illinois Route 100
Rivers
- Illinois River
Demographics
School districts
- Jersey Community Unit School District 100
Political districts
- Illinois's 17th congressional district
- State House District 97
- State Senate District 49
References
- "Richwood 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
External links
- City-Data.com
- Illinois State Archives
