Godfrey Township, Madison County, Illinois

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Godfrey Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,982 and it contained 7,708 housing units.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17119|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202225/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17119|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-12|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1|publisher=United States Census|access-date=2013-05-28}} Godfrey Township is coterminous with the municipality of Godfrey, Illinois. It is one of two coterminous townships in Madison County and one of seventeen coterminous townships statewide.{{cite journal|last=Sohl|first=Shannon N.|last2=Bannovetz|first2=James M.|date=May 2014|title=Too Many Governments in Illinois? What is the Impact on Townships?|url=http://cgs.niu.edu/Policy_Profiles/policy-profile-volume13-number1-Too-Many-Governments-.pdf|journal=Policy Profiles|publisher=Northern Illinois University|volume=13|issue=1|pages=1–15|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404111234/http://cgs.niu.edu/Policy_Profiles/policy-profile-volume13-number1-Too-Many-Governments-.pdf|url-status=dead}} As of May 20, 2019, Godfrey Township has been dissolved.{{Cite web|url=https://www.illinoispolicy.org/godfrey-voters-eliminate-township/|title=Godfrey voters eliminate township|date=2018-11-07|website=Illinois Policy|access-date=2019-07-22}}