Moore's Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Illinois

Moore's Prairie Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jefferson County
Jefferson County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 38°10′08″N 88°45′15″W / 38.16889°N 88.75417°W / 38.16889; -88.75417Coordinates: 38°10′08″N 88°45′15″W / 38.16889°N 88.75417°W / 38.16889; -88.75417
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].

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