Mount Sterling Township, Brown County, Illinois

Mount Sterling Township
—  Township  —
Location in Brown County
Brown County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°58′22″N 90°44′54″W / 39.97278°N 90.74833°W / 39.97278; -90.74833Coordinates: 39°58′22″N 90°44′54″W / 39.97278°N 90.74833°W / 39.97278; -90.74833
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Brown
Established	November 8, 1853
Area
– Total	37.21 sq mi (96.38 km2)
– Land	37.15 sq mi (96.22 km2)
– Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)  0.16%
Elevation	705 ft (215 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	4,562
– Density	122.8/sq mi (47.4/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	62353, 62378
GNIS feature ID	0429409

Mount Sterling Township is one of nine townships in Brown County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,562^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Sterling Township covers an area of 37.21 square miles (96.4 km²); of this, 0.06 square miles (0.16 km²) or 0.16 percent is water.

Cities

• Mount Sterling

Unincorporated towns

• Hersman

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these ten cemeteries: Greenwell, Harbour, Hersman, Icabod Perry, Keifer, Means, Mount Sterling Catholic, Mount Sterling City, Putnam and Wilson.

Major highways

• US Route 24
• Illinois Route 99
• Illinois Route 107

Landmarks

• Fairground

School districts

• Brown County Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

• Illinois' 18th congressional district
• State House District 93
• State Senate District 47

References

• "Mount Sterling Township, Brown County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429409. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
• 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