Moore's Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Illinois

Moore's Prairie Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jefferson County
Jefferson County's location in Illinois
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jefferson
Area
• Total	36.54 sq mi (94.65 km2)
• Land	36.31 sq mi (94.05 km2)
• Water	0.23 sq mi (0.59 km2)  0.62%
Elevation	499 ft (152 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	391
• Density	10.8/sq mi (4.2/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62810, 62846
GNIS feature ID	0429392

Moore's Prairie Township is one of sixteen townships in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 391^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Adjacent townships 2 Cemeteries 2.1 Major highways 3 School districts 4 Political districts 5 References 6 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Moore's Prairie Township covers an area of 36.54 square miles (94.6 km²); of this, 36.31 square miles (94.0 km²) (99.37 percent) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.60 km²) (0.62 percent) is water.

Adjacent townships

• Pendleton Township (north)
• Dahlgren Township, Hamilton County (east)
• Knights Prairie Township, Hamilton County (southeast)
• Northern Township, Franklin County (south)
• Ewing Township, Franklin County (southwest)
• Spring Garden Township (west)
• Dodds Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

• Cochrane Cemetery
• Four Graves Cemetery
• Grothoff Cemetery
• Wilbanks Cemetery
• Lowery Hill Cemetery
• One Grave Cemetery
• Shelton Cemetery
• Sugar Camp Cemetery

Major highways

• Illinois Route 142

School districts

• Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10

Political districts

• Illinois' 19th congressional district
• State House District 107
• State Senate District 54

References

• "Moore’s Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429392. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Illinois, USA County seat: Mount Vernon Cities Centralia‡ Mount Vernon Nason Villages Belle Rive Bluford Bonnie Dix Ina Waltonville Woodlawn Townships Bald Hill Blissville Casner Dodds Elk Prairie Farrington Field Grand Prairie McClellan Moore's Prairie Mt. Vernon Pendleton Rome Shiloh Spring Garden Webber Unincorporated communities Bakerville Boyd Camp Ground Cravat Dareville Divide Drivers Emerson City Harmony Idlewood Marcoe Marlow Miller Lake Opdyke Roaches Scheller Shields Shirley Spring Garden Stratton Summersville Texico Williamsburg Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties