Richwood Township, Jersey County, Illinois

39°08′12″N 90°33′01″W / 39.13667°N 90.55028°W / 39.13667; -90.55028CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyJerseyEstablishedNovember 5, 1878Area • Total37.91 sq mi (98.2 km²) • Land37.66 sq mi (97.5 km²) • Water0.25 sq mi (0.6 km²)  0.66%Elevation476 ft (145 m)Population • Estimate 614 • Density17.3/sq mi (6.7/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codesFIPS code17-083-63745

Richwood Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 653 and it contained 302 housing units.^[2]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.91 square miles (98.2 km²), of which 37.66 square miles (97.5 km²) (or 99.34%) is land and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km²) (or 0.66%) is water.^[2]

• Fieldon

• Reardon
• Reddish
• Spankey

• Woodville Township, Greene County (north)
• Kane Township, Greene County (northeast)
• English Township (east)
• Otter Creek Township (southeast)
• Rosedale Township (south)

The township contains these three cemeteries: Gunterman, Reddish and Reddish-Dunham Ford.

• Illinois Route 16
• Illinois Route 100

• Illinois River

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	614	[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

• Jersey Community Unit School District 100

• Illinois's 17th congressional district
• State House District 97
• State Senate District 49

• "Richwood 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

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives