Ash Grove Township
Township
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 39°23′41″N 88°31′48″W / 39.39472°N 88.53000°W / 39.39472; -88.53000
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Shelby
Organized	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	42.38 sq mi (109.8 km2)
• Land	42.11 sq mi (109.1 km2)
• Water	0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation	636 ft (194 m)
Population  (2010)
• Estimate  (2016)[1]	466
• Density	11.4/sq mi (4.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	XXXXX
Area code	217
FIPS code	17-173-02466

Ash Grove Township is located in Shelby County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 479 and it contained 254 housing units.^[2]

History

Ash Grove was initially settled by Euro-Americans by 1830. It was an early location of Mormon missionary activity in Illinois, with Mormons residing there by 1832. In late 1836 a mob attacked a Mormon missionary preaching at Ash Grove. Younger Green got an affidavit for the arrest of the mob, but the militia refused to cooperate in arresting the accused mobbers.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.38 square miles (109.8 km²), of which 42.11 square miles (109.1 km²) (or 99.36%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km²) (or 0.61%) is water.^[2]

Adjacent townships

• Whitley Township, Moultrie County (north)
• Mattoon Township, Coles County (northeast and east)
• Paradise Township, Coles County (east)
• Neoga Township, Cumberland County (east and southeast)
• Big Spring Township (south)
• Prairie Township (southwest)
• Richland Township (west)
• Windsor Township (northwest)

Demographics