Omphghent Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,381 and it contained 1,021 housing units. It contains part of the census-designated places of Holiday Shores and Prairietown.
History In 1838, the township was initially named Paddock's Grove, after the first postmaster, Gaius Paddock. That was changed in 1858 to Omph-Ghent, which was the name of a local church. The name is a combination of an acronym Omph (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) plus Ghent, the city in Belgium.
Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.71%) is land and (or 1.29%) is water.
Demographics
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External links City-data.com Illinois State Archives