Piasa Township, Jersey County, Illinois

Piasa Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,376 and it contained 1,321 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.1 sqmi, of which 35.99 sqmi (or 99.70%) is land and 0.11 sqmi (or 0.30%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

 * Brighton (western portion)

Unincorporated towns

 * Lake Piasa

Adjacent townships

 * Fidelity Township (north)
 * Shipman Township, Macoupin County (northeast)
 * Brighton Township, Macoupin County (east)
 * Foster Township, Madison County (southeast)
 * Godfrey Township, Madison County (south)
 * Mississippi Township (west)
 * Jersey Township (northwest)

Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Botts, Edwards, Eldridge, Marston and Saint Alphonsus.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 67.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 67
 * [[Image:Illinois 267.svg|25x20px]][[Image:Illinois 111.svg|25x20px]] Illinois Route 267/111

Lakes

 * Thunderbird Lake

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