Fidelity Township, Jersey County, Illinois

Fidelity Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 715 and it contained 309 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.18 sqmi, of which 36.11 sqmi (or 99.81%) is land and 0.07 sqmi (or 0.19%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

 * Fidelity

Extinct towns

 * Bowman

Adjacent townships

 * Ruyle Township (north)
 * Chesterfield Township, Macoupin County (northeast)
 * Shipman Township, Macoupin County (east)
 * Brighton Township, Macoupin County (southeast)
 * Piasa Township (south)
 * Mississippi Township (southwest)
 * Jersey Township (west)

Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Chapman, Longwill, Luckey-Weber, Moore and Trible.

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 16.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 16

School districts

 * Jersey Community Unit School District 100
 * Southwestern Community Unit School District 9

Political districts

 * Illinois' 19th congressional district
 * State House District 97
 * State Senate District 49