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Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a part of the Metro East in southern Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 264,776, [1] making it the eighth-most populous county in Illinois and the most populous in the southern portion of the state. The county seat is Edwardsville, and the largest city ...
Knox would later become a county in Indiana and is unrelated to the current Knox County in Illinois, while St. Clair would become the oldest county in Illinois. 15 counties had been created by the time Illinois achieved statehood in 1818. The last county, Ford County, was created in 1859.
Edwardsville Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 37,657 and it contained 15,482 housing units. [2] It includes the city of Edwardsville.
Edwardsville is a part of Southern Illinois and the Metro East region within Greater St. Louis, located 18 miles (29 km) northeast of downtown St. Louis. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the Edwardsville Arts Center, the Edwardsville Journal, the Madison County Record, and the Edwardsville Intelligencer are based in Edwardsville.
Roxana is located in western Madison County and is bordered to the north by Wood River, to the west by Hartford, and to the southwest by South Roxana. Illinois Route 143 passes through the northern side of the village, leading northwest into Wood River and southeast 6 miles (10 km) to Edwardsville, the county seat.
A Madison County doctor pleaded guilty to a federal healthcare fraud charge for falsely documenting services provided to nursing home patients in order to collect reimbursement from Medicare ...
Illinois Route 159 passes through the village as Center Street, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Edwardsville, the Madison county seat, and south 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Collinsville. Illinois Route 162 crosses the northern part of the village, leading east 4 miles (6 km) to Troy and west 6 miles (10 km) to Pontoon Beach.