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A township of 4,413 people in Clinton County, Illinois
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Conserved land1.2%184 of 15,482 acres
Trails6.4 mi0.3 mi per sq mi
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Township in Illinois, United States
4,444Population
24.3 sq miArea
449 ftElevation

Brookside Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,444 and it contained 1,570 housing units. The township's name changed from Crooked Creek Township on June 1, 1874.

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The public schools Brookside’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 72% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictCentralia SD 135Schools4

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