- Millersburg Township, Mercer County, Illinois
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Millersburg Township — Township — Location in Mercer County Mercer County's location in Illinois Country United States State Illinois County Mercer Established November 8, 1853 Government - Supervisor Area - Total 36.3 sq mi (94.01 km2) - Land 36.3 sq mi (94.01 km2) - Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) 0.0% Population (2000) - Total 777 Time zone CST (UTC-6) - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) Millersburg Township is located in Mercer County, Illinois. The population was 777 at the 2000 census.
Millersburg is named after George Abraham Miller, a Primitive Baptist who, with several families, settled in Mercer County, Illinois on the Edwards River in 1834. These families traveled from Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana for the purpose of expanding the church in to the area. The congregation was known as the Edwards River Church of Regular Baptists.[1] The Church was disbanded in 1847, and the last of the Original settlers Isaac Miller, left for Oregon in 1851.
References
- ^ History of Mercer County, E. H. Hill & Co., Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, 1882
External links
- US Census
- City-data.com
- Illinois State Archives
- Miller Family Genealogy and history
- Primitive Baptist Churches in Mercer County, Illinois (The founding of Millersburg)
Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, Illinois County seat: Aledo Cities Villages Alexis‡ | Joy | Matherville | North Henderson | Reynolds‡ | Seaton | Sherrard | Viola | Windsor
Townships Abington | Duncan | Eliza | Greene | Keithsburg | Mercer | Millersburg | New Boston | North Henderson | Ohio Grove | Perryton | Preemption | Richland Grove | Rivoli | Suez
Unincorporated
communitiesBoden | Burgess | Cable | Eliza | Gilchrist | Hamlet | Mannon | Marston | Millersburg | Petersville | Preemption | Shale City | Sunbeam | Swedona | Wanlock
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Coordinates: 41°11′56″N 90°50′24″W / 41.19889°N 90.84°W
Categories:- Townships in Mercer County, Illinois
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island geography stubs
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