Annotations
JERSEYVILLE, A thriving post village, capital of Jersey county, is situated on the line of the Jacksonville, Alton and St. Louis railroad, on a prairie 71 miles south-west from Springfield, and about 10 miles from the Mississippi river; it contains a court house and a newspaper office. Chas. H. Jackson, Postmaster. (Hawkes' Illinois Gazetteer, 1859)
Total Population 1850
760
Total Population 1860
2610
Free Black Population 1860
11
Free Black Population 1850
19
Latitude
39.117994
Longitude
-90.327455
Railroads
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Jersey
State
Illinois