Illinois Route 109 has its northern terminus in Jerseyville at US Highway 67. A four-lane expansion of US Highway 67 in Jerseyville has been in the planning stages for years, and is currently in Illinois' five-year road construction plan. The plan includes the Jerseyville Bypass, which is expected to go around the eastern portion of the city when it is completed. Construction of the bypass has not started yet, but all of the work prior to actual road construction was scheduled to be completed by 2012. In nearby Delhi, an extension of the expressway was opened up to traffic in 2021. This is a part of the completion of the entire US Highway 67 four-lane project in Illinois between Godfrey and the Quad Cities area. Utilities Utility companies serving Jerseyville are Ameren (natural gas and electricity), Grafton Technologies and Frontier Communications (landline telephone service and internet), and Sparklight (cable television). Water and sewer services are provided and maintained by Illinois American Water. Notable people Kathie Conway, member of the Missouri House of Representatives Hugh W. Cross, (1896-1972) former Illinois Lieutenant Governor and member of the Illinois House of Representatives Russell E. Dunham, (1920-2009) World War II veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor. He resided in Jerseyville. Brent Hawkins, former football player for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL, and for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL Arthur Scott King, (1876–1957) noted physicist and astrophysicist Anthony L. Knapp, (1828–1881) US congressman and Illinois senator Robert M. Knapp, (1831–1889) US congressman and former mayor of Jerseyville Stan McGarvey, former NCAA Division II head football coach. Thomas J. Selby, (1840–1917) congressman and former mayor of Jerseyville Jim Watson, former member of the Illinois House of Representatives Underground Railroad Jerseyville was also a minor stopping point on the historic Underground Railroad before and during the Civil War. The "Little Red House" and a few other residences were utilized as stations for the Underground Railroad until the end of the Civil War, with some residences having false cellars that were used to hide slaves searching for freedom. See also Jersey Community Hospital Oak Grove Cemetery (Jerseyville, Illinois) References Further reading Marshall M. Cooper, History of Jerseyville, Illinois, Brookhaven Press, 2001. Robbi Courtaway, Spirits of St. Louis II: Further Hauntings in the Mound City, Virginia Publishing, 2002. National Academy of Sciences Staff, Biographical Memoirs, National Academies Press, 1996. External links City of Jerseyville Metro