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Jersey County, Illinois, United States

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Details for Jersey County

NameJersey County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Illinois, United States
County SeatJerseyville (Jersey Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 39.0667141 39° 04' 00.2" N
Longitude -90.3501145 90° 21' 00.4" W
Population20,539
Elevation178 m
Surrounding CountiesMacoupin NE
Madison SE
Saint Louis (Missouri) S
Saint Charles (Missouri) SW
Calhoun NW
Greene N
USGS GNIS FeatureID424243
Histopolis Place ID441695113
Updated Sep 3, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Jersey County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jersey County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jersey County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Jersey/ (19 Apr 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Jersey County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6287&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (19 Jan 2008)

Jersey County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Jersey County, Illinois IL, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6287 (12 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Jersey County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JR.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/jersey/jerseycem.html (21 Sep 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=731 (11 Sep 2009)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=42 (13 Apr 2011)

Jersey County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jersey County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jersey County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Jersey/cem/ (29 Aug 2009)
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Surveys in Jersey County

2 Surveys, 6 Ranges, 17 Townships

The Fourth Principal Meridian and Third Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Jersey County. You can navigate to any of the 17 survey townships that overlap Jersey County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Jersey County

11 Townships
ElsahEnglishFidelityJersey
MississippiOtter CreekPiasaQuarry
RichwoodRosedaleRuyle

Cities of Jersey County

2 Cities, 1 Town, 4 Villages, 20 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
BeltreesBowman (historical u.p.)Brighton (village)Camden
ChautauquaDelhiDemocrat SpringDow
East NewbernElsah (village)Fidelity (village)Fieldon (village)
Grafton (city)Jerseyville (city)KemperLake Piasa
LockhavenMcCluskyNew DelhiNewbern
NutwoodOtterville (town)ReardonReddish
RosedaleSpankeyWhite Plains

Cemeteries of Jersey County

56 Cemeteries, 4 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
ArmstrongBelt SalemBethelBotts
BrownChapmanDabbsDavenport
DoughertyEdsallEdwardsEldridge
ElliottElsahFalknerGrimes
GuntermanHamiltonHartfordHeitzig
HetzelHinsonHousemanKeller
KemperLamb MemorialLaxLewis
LongwillLuckey-WeberLurtonMarston
McDowellMeadow BranchMedoraMoore
NewbernNoble FamilyOak GroveOakland
PruittReddishReddish-Dunham FordRosedale
RowdenRuskSaint AlphonsusSaint Francis Xaviers
Saint Marys CatholicSaint MichaelsSalemScenic Hill
St. Alphonsus (*)St. Francis Xaviers (*)St. Marys Catholic (*)St. Michaels (*)
TribleVan HornWendleWhite

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