title: Mississippi Township, Jersey County, Illinois
text: # Mississippi Township, Jersey County, Illinois
  
  Mississippi Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,041 and it contained 804 housing units.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.35 square miles (94.1 $km^2),$ of which 36.3 square miles (94 $km^2)$ (or 99.86%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 $km^2)$ (or 0.11%) is water.
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Delhi
  * Dow
  * East Newbern
  * McClusky
  * New Delhi
  * Newbern
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Jersey Township (north)
  * Fidelity Township (northeast)
  * Piasa Township (east)
  * Godfrey Township, Madison County (southeast)
  * Elsah Township (south)
  * Otter Creek Township (west)
  * English Township (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains these five cemeteries: Bethel, Lamb Memorial, Lurton, Newbern and Van Horn.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * U.S. Route 67
  * Illinois Route 3
  * Illinois Route 109
  
  ### Airports and landing strips
  
  * William E Koenig Airport
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Jersey Community Unit School District 100
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Illinois' 19th congressional district
  * State House District 97
  * State Senate District 49
  