Elsah Township
Township
Location in Jersey County
Jersey County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 38°57′49″N 90°19′38″W / 38.96361°N 90.32722°W / 38.96361; -90.32722
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Jersey
Established	November 5, 1878
Area
• Total	26.42 sq mi (68.4 km2)
• Land	23.79 sq mi (61.6 km2)
• Water	2.63 sq mi (6.8 km2)  9.95%
Elevation	459 ft (140 m)
Population  (2010)
• Estimate  (2016)[1]	2,319
• Density	103.5/sq mi (40.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62022, 62028, 62035, 62037
FIPS code	17-083-23789

Elsah Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,462 and it contained 1,027 housing units.^[2]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 26.42 square miles (68.4 km²), of which 23.79 square miles (61.6 km²) (or 90.05%) is land and 2.63 square miles (6.8 km²) (or 9.95%) is water.^[2]

• Elsah

• Beltrees
• Chautauqua
• Lockhaven

• Mississippi Township (north)
• Godfrey Township, Madison County (east)
• Quarry Township (west)
• Otter Creek Township (northwest)

The township contains these three cemeteries: Elsah, Saint Michaels and Wendle.

• Illinois Route 3
• Illinois Route 100
• Illinois Route 109

• Alton Community Unit School District 11
• Jersey Community Unit School District 100

• Illinois's 19th congressional district
• State House District 97
• State House District 111
• State Senate District 49
• State Senate District 56

• "Elsah 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