McClellan Township, Jefferson County, Illinois

McClellan Township
McClellan Township
	Township
	Location in Jefferson County
	Jefferson County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 38°15′N88°59′W / 38.250°N 88.983°W Coordinates: 38°15′N88°59′W / 38.250°N 88.983°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jefferson
Area
• Total	35.69 sq mi (92.4 km2)
• Land	35.64 sq mi (92.3 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.1 km2) 0.14%
Elevation	430 ft (131 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016) [1]	1,246
• Density	35.2/sq mi (13.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62816, 62864, 62894, 62898
FIPS code	17-081-45512

Last updated April 10, 2020

McClellan Township is one of sixteen townships in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,255 and it contained 534 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.69 square miles (92.4 km²), of which 35.64 square miles (92.3 km²) (or 99.86%) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) (or 0.14%) is water.^[2] The township is centered at 38°15'N 88°59'W (38.258,-89.986). It is traversed north-south by Interstate Route 57, from it to the east by Interstate 64 and from I-57 to the southwest by State Route 148.

Cities, towns, villages

Mount Vernon (southwest edge)
Waltonville (northeast quarter)

Unincorporated towns

Marcoe at 38°16′01″N88°57′58″W / 38.267°N 88.966°W / 38.267; -88.966

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

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Black, Rightnower, South Hickory Hill and Wolf Prairie.

Churches

The township contains several churches including:

South Hickory Hill Christian Church
West Long Prairie Christian Church
Marcoe Church
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
Est. 2016	1,246	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Waltonville Community Unit School District 1
McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Rend Lake Junior College

Political districts

Illinois' 19th congressional district
State House District 107
State Senate District 54

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References

1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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[USCensusEst2016-1] 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-2] 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Mount Vernon
Cities	Centralia‡ Mount Vernon Nason	Map of Illinois highlighting Jefferson County
Villages	Belle Rive Bluford Bonnie Dix Ina Waltonville Woodlawn
Townships	Bald Hill Blissville Casner Dodds Elk Prairie Farrington Field Grand Prairie McClellan Moore's Prairie Mt. Vernon Pendleton Rome Shiloh Spring Garden Webber
CDP	Opdyke
Other unincorporated communities	Bakerville Camp Ground Dareville Divide Drivers Harmony Roaches Scheller Spring Garden Texico Williamsburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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