title: English Township, Jersey County, Illinois
text: # English Township, Jersey County, Illinois
  
  English Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 487 and it contained 198 housing units.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.99 square miles (95.8 $km^2),$ of which 36.98 square miles (95.8 $km^2)$ (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 $km^2)$ (or 0.03%) is water.
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Kane Township, Greene County (northeast)
  * Jersey Township (east)
  * Mississippi Township (southeast)
  * Otter Creek Township (south)
  * Rosedale Township (southwest)
  * Richwood Township (west)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains these twelve cemeteries: Armstrong, Belt Salem, Brown, Falkner, Grimes, Heitzig, Hetzel, Houseman, Lax, Rowden, Rusk and Saint Marys Catholic.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Illinois Route 16
  
  ## School districts
  
  * Jersey Community Unit School District 100
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Illinois' 17th congressional district
  * State House District 97
  * State Senate District 49
  