Godfrey Township | |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Image Map1: | Illinois in United States (US48).svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Illinois in the United States |
Coordinates: | 38.9603°N -90.2233°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Madison |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | November 2, 1875 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Supervisor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.64 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 34.64 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 2 |
Elevation Ft: | 604 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Est: | 17733 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 519.1 |
Timezone1: | CST |
Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 17-119-30107 |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Godfrey Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,982 and it contained 7,708 housing units.[2] Godfrey Township is coterminous with the municipality of Godfrey, Illinois. It is one of two coterminous townships in Madison County and one of seventeen coterminous townships statewide.[3] As of May 20, 2019, Godfrey Township has been dissolved.[4]
Godfrey Township is named for Captain Benjamin Godfrey, an early settler and the township's largest landowner.[5] [6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 94.54%) is land and (or 5.46%) is water.[2]