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Jersey County
Contact InformationCounty Clerk or Recorder
Jersey County Administration Building
200 N. LaFayette
Jerseyville, IL 62052
618-498-5571, ext. 112 – County Clerk
618-498-5571, ext. 118 – Recorder
Circuit Clerk
Jersey County Courthouse
201 W. Pearl St.
Jerseyville, IL 62052
618-498-5571, ext. 119
IRAD Depository
LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407
217-206-6520
Established
- February 28, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 208)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for the State of New Jersey, which derived its name from the Isle of Jersey in Great Britain.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1821–1839 – Greene
- 1812–1821 – Madison
- 1790–1812 – St. Clair
County Seats
- 1839–present – Jerseyville
History of county governing board
- 1839–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1861 – County Court
- 1861–18?? – County Board of Supervisors
- 18??–1879 – County Court (after 1873, Board of County Commissioners)
- 1879–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 5, 1878 Note: Jersey County approved township organization on November 6, 1860, and the County Court even appointed commissioners to divide the county into townships, but this organization was never completed. The commissioners’ report of 1861 divided the county into six townships (see below).
Township Names under 1878 Organization
- Elsah
- English
- Fidelity
- Jersey
- Mississippi
- Otter Creek
- Piasa
- Quarry – Name changed from Grafton on April 1, 1880.
- Richwoods
- Rosedale – Name changed from Illinois on June 7, 1882.
- Ruyle
Township Names under the 1860 Failed Organization
- Delphi
- Fidelity
- Fieldon
- Illinois
- Jersey
- Mississippi
Township Map
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