Rome
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Outdoors in Rome
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About Rome
Township in Illinois, United StatesRome Township is one of sixteen townships in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,710 and it contained 767 housing units.
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Housing in Rome
The median sale price was $126,000 in May 2026.
Schools in Rome
All Rome schools →School Grade C
The public schools Rome’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.
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