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Fidelity Township, Jersey County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

39°08′09″N 90°11′39″W / 39.13583°N 90.19417°W / 39.13583; -90.19417CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyJerseyEstablishedNovember 5, 1878Area

• Total36.18 sq mi (93.7 km²) • Land36.11 sq mi (93.5 km²) • Water0.07 sq mi (0.2 km²) 0.19%Elevation

604 ft (184 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

672 • Density19.8/sq mi (7.6/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

62012, 62030, 62052, 62063, 62079

FIPS code17-083-25973

Fidelity Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 715 and it contained 309 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.18 square miles (93.7 km²), of which 36.11 square miles (93.5 km²) (or 99.81%) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) (or 0.19%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Fidelity

Extinct towns

Bowman

Adjacent townships

Ruyle Township (north)
Chesterfield Township, Macoupin County (northeast)
Shipman Township, Macoupin County (east)
Brighton Township, Macoupin County (southeast)
Piasa Township (south)
Mississippi Township (southwest)
Jersey Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Chapman, Longwill, Luckey-Weber, Moore and Trible.

Major highways

Illinois Route 16

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	672	^[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

"Fidelity 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.