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Greenville Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 153 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 153 housing units.
Greenville is a city in Bond County, Illinois, United States, 51 miles (82 km) east of St. Louis. The population as of the 2020 census was 7,083, up from 7,000 at the 2010 census. [3] It is the county seat of Bond County. [4] Greenville is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. [5]
Francis Field is a 2,000-seat football field in Greenville, Illinois.It is home to the Greenville University Panthers football team.The facility opened in 1987. Francis Field has been the host location of the National Christian College Athletic Association Victory Bowl, three times in 2009, in 2012, and in 2019.
The mascot of Greenville Junior High is the blue jay, [7] the mascot of Sorento Elementary is the greyhound, [5] and the mascot of Greenville High is the Comet. [ 8 ] Bond County Community Unit School District 2 provides information to prevent bullying and harassment via its main page. [ 10 ]
It was named for Shadrach Bond, who was then the delegate from the Illinois Territory to the United States Congress, and who thereupon became the first governor of Illinois, serving from 1818 to 1822. [3] The county's primary city, Greenville, had a post office from 1819 and was incorporated as a town in 1855 and as a city in 1872. [3]
Greenville has had a high school for 138 years, with the first "Greenville High School" created in 1869. [3] The school was begun under the auspices of Samuel Inglis, who would later become the state superintendent of schools. The first building was torn down and a new Central School erected on Second Street in 1894.
Mulberry Grove is located along Illinois Route 140 approximately one mile north of I-70. Greenville lies about seven miles to the west-southwest and Vandalia is about nine miles to the east-northeast. Owl Creek flows past the north side of town and joins Hurricane Creek about 1.5 mile to the east in adjacent Fayette County. [4]
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters the state from Missouri near East St. Louis, Illinois, and runs to U.S. Route 41 (US 41, Lake Shore Drive) near Downtown Chicago, where the highway ends, a distance of 294.38 miles (473.76 km). [2]