Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Illinois

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**Stookey Township**
Location
Location in St. Clair County.
Government
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	St. Clair
Settled	November 6, 1883
Supervisor
Geographical characteristics
Area
Township	44.74 km² (27.8 sq mi)
Land	44.74 km² (27.8 sq mi)
Water	0.0 km² (0.0 sq mi) 0.0%
Demographics
Population
Township (2000)	10,185
Time zone Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-6) CST (UTC-5)
Website: Stookey Township Official Website

Stookey Township is a township located in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is an unincorporated part of Belleville, Illinois located just west-northwest of downtown Belleville. Residential homes and small businesses occupy the region along with occasional shopping centers (one is currently under construction and will be finished by December 2006). The township rides along Illinois Route 13 and converges with Illinois Route 15 and Illinois Route 159. The ZIP code for the township is 62223. The telephone area code of the township is 618.

1 History
2 Transportation
3 Demographics
4 Sites of interest
5 Education
6 Public Utilities
7 External links

[edit] History

This section is a stub. You can help by expanding it.

[edit] Transportation

One MetroLink light rail station, Memorial Station, and about two dozen MetroBus stops are located around the Township.

The Illinois West-Central Railway also runs through the township in which supply and cargo freight trains run through at least a few times a day on the way to Chicago, IL, Saint Louis, MO, or East Saint Louis, IL.

The closest airport to Stookey Township is the Mid-America Airport, which is about 12 miles to the east of the township. The closest major international airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport which is west of Saint Louis, MO and about 25 miles away.

[edit] Demographics

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[edit] Sites of interest

[edit] Education

The main public high school that serves the area is Belleville West High School which was in 2003 moved from its old location to a new building on Frank Scott Parkway West.

[edit] Public schools

Belleville School District 118
Belleville Township High School District 201
- Belleville West High School
Harmony Emge School District 175

[edit] Private schools

Althoff Catholic High School

[edit] Higher Education

Saint Louis University Belleville Campus
Lindenwood University Belleville Campus
Southwestern Illinois College

[edit] Public Utilities

Utility companies that work in the area are the Ameren UE Electric Company, the Illinois-American Water Company, Stookey Township Sewer, Belleville Sewage, and several public and privately owned trash collection companies are available to choose from. Since Stookey Township isn't official part of Belleville, it does not receive city trash service. Residents must contact a collection company to set up deals on trash collection. Citizens of Stookey also can't get library cards or check out books at Belleville libraries. No libraries exist so far in Stookey Township. Stookey township citizens are protected by Villa Hills volunteer fire department and the St. Clair County Sheriff, but Belleville city police do not have jurisdiction in Stookey Township.

[edit] External links

	Municipalities and Communities of St. Clair County, Illinois (County Seat: Belleville)
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