The New International Encyclopædia/Jerseyville

JER′SEYVILLE. A city and the county-seat of Jersey County, Ill., 66 miles southwest of Springfield; on the Chicago and Alton and the Chicago, Peoria and Saint Louis railroads (Map: Illinois, B 4). It has a public library and a fine court-house. The county fair grounds are located here. The city is the centre of a fertile agricultural region, and carries on a considerable trade in produce, fruit, grain, live stock, etc. Settled in 1839, it was first incorporated in 1867. The government is administered under a revised charter of 1897, which provides for a mayor, elected biennially, and a council. Jerseyville owns its water-works. Population, in 1890, 3207; in 1900, 3517.