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Boone County, Illinois

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15newspaper titles
0digitized titles
6historic places
1848earliest paper
1837formed
53,448pop. 2020
42cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 15 newspaper titles published in Boone County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1848. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Belvidere.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Boone

Library of Congress
15 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Belvidere RepublicanBelvidere1848–1899
The Belvidere StandardBelvidere1851–1852
Belvidere Standard and Boone County AdvertiserBelvidere1852–1854
The Belvidere StandardBelvidere1854–1999
The Boone County IndependentBelvidere1859–1999
Boone County AdvertiserBelvidere1863–1899
The Belvidere NorthwesternBelvidere1867–1999
The Daily IndexBelvidere1875–1899
Belvidere RecorderBelvidere1878–1999
The Belvidere NorthwesternBelvidere1890–1903
Boone County CourierPoplar Grove, Capron1900–1999
Belvidere Daily RepublicanBelvidere1907–?
Boone County InkBelvidere2001–?
Boone County RepublicanBelvidere?–
The Daily RepublicanBelvidere?–

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18401886193319792026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Belvidere High SchoolBelvidereBuilding1997
Belvidere North State Street Historic DistrictBelvidereDistrict2012
Belvidere South State Street Historic DistrictBelvidereDistrict2012
Lampert-Wildflower HouseBelvidereBuilding2005
Pettit Memorial ChapelBelvidereBuilding1978
United States Post Office-BelvidereBelvidereBuilding2000

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Boone was formed in 1837 (1837-03-04) from Winnebago.

BOONE created from WINNEBAGO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Boone County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

54k28k1,7051840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,70511,67811,50815,79115,32215,20217,07020,32628,63041,78653,448

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

42 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 42 of 42 listed
NameLatLon
Andrews CemeteryNoneNone
Andrus Cemetery42.3094-88.80225
Bamblett Cemetery42.45754-88.90987
Belvidere Cemetery42.27057-88.84648
Blaine Cemetery42.44727-88.80046
Bloods Point Cemetery42.17529-88.83787
Booth CemeteryNoneNone
Burr Oak Cemetery42.46611-88.72
Capron Cemetery42.39395-88.74077
Center CemeteryNoneNone
Chemung CemeteryNoneNone
Chester Cemetery42.39301-88.72067
Clark Cemetery42.37063-88.85123
County Line Cemetery42.37072-88.70612
Davis Cemetery42.27315-88.94087
Drake Cemetery42.34223-88.86954
Dullam Cemetery42.43625-88.72533
East Bonus Cemetery42.31275-88.7354
Ewins Cemetery42.33603-88.8506
Flora Cemetery42.15918-88.91148
Forest Hill Cemetery42.47829-88.91849
Garden Prairie Cemetery42.25307-88.7062
Highland Garden of Memories42.29218-88.85592
Lawrenceville Cemetery42.26626-88.78312
Livingston Cemetery42.41522-88.87999
Long Prairie Cemetery42.39248-88.72994
Lynn Norweigan CemeteryNoneNone
North Russelville CemeteryNoneNone
Oak Hill Cemetery42.47192-88.88992
Orth Cemetery42.32696-88.88273
Poplar Grove Cemetery42.37252-88.82569
Rosehill CemeteryNoneNone
Round Prairie Cemetery42.42898-88.79402
Russellville Cemetery42.33355-88.78424
Saint James Catholic Cemetery42.25846-88.86187
Saint Mary of the Lake CemeteryNoneNone
Shattucks Grove Cemetery42.19354-88.76315
South Poplar Grove Cemetery42.36405-88.82253
Spring Township CemeteryNoneNone
Stone School Cemetery42.47863-88.8039
White Oak CemeteryNoneNone
Willow Creek CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
North Caledonia42.36946-88.8926
Reeds Crossing42.20141-88.79871

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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