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Brown County, Illinois

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7newspaper titles
0digitized titles
2historic places
1871earliest paper
1839formed
6,244pop. 2020
112cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 7 newspaper titles published in Brown County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1871. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1987. Most listings are in or near Versailles, Mount Sterling.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Brown

Library of Congress
7 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Brown County DemocratMount Sterling1871–1886
Illinois Weekly MessageMount Sterling1872–1886
The Brown County GazetteMount Sterling1881–?
The Democrat-MessageMount Sterling1886–1990
Brown County RepublicanMount Sterling1890–1999
The ExaminerMount Sterling1890–1999
The Brown County Democrat-MessageMount Sterling1990–?

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.

18701909194819872026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
La Grange Lock and Dam Historic DistrictVersaillesDistrict2004
Mount Sterling Commercial Historic DistrictMount SterlingDistrict1987

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Brown was formed in 1839 (1839-02-01) from Schuyler.

BROWN created from SCHUYLER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

13k8,6124,1831840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,1839,93813,04111,5579,3368,0537,1326,2105,4116,9506,244

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

112 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 112 listed
NameLatLon
Arnold Cemetery39.90504-90.60484
Ausmus Cemetery39.98796-90.90844
Beans Cemetery40.06023-90.70021
Becam Cemetery40.06832-90.85983
Beckman CemeteryNoneNone
Bell Keith Cemetery40.03456-90.75951
Benjamin Robinson Burial Ground39.90726-90.6479
Benville Cemetery39.86613-90.86312
Bixler Cemetery39.89805-90.87859
Bovine Child CemeteryNoneNone
Bowman Cemetery39.85875-90.91497
Briggs CemeteryNoneNone
Buckhorn Cemetery39.93585-90.83792
Butler Cemetery39.89549-90.86628
Casteen Cemetery39.89521-90.67586
Clark Campbell Cemetery40.06384-90.79449
Clark Cemetery39.94154-90.63262
Cleaves Cemetery39.98643-90.84901
Clinard CemeteryNoneNone
Cooperstown Cemetery39.96365-90.6004
County Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Cox CemeteryNoneNone
Cross Roads Cemetery39.93072-90.65446
Davis CemeteryNoneNone
Dawson Cemetery39.90035-90.66357
De Witt Cemetery39.9498-90.59977
DeHart Cemetery39.88778-90.87496
Dearborn Cemetery39.89504-90.77818
Dobey Cemetery39.91171-90.85624
Gilbirds Cemetery39.9194-90.68985
Glasgow Farm Cemetery40.04131-90.78276
Gordley CemeteryNoneNone
Greenleaf CemeteryNoneNone
Greenwell Cemetery40.00346-90.68458
Gristy Cemetery40.03782-90.82818
Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Hall Cemetery39.86154-90.67007
Hambaugh Cemetery39.86572-90.6298
Harbour Cemetery39.93233-90.71064
Hebron Cemetery39.8556-90.75901
Henry CemeteryNoneNone
Hersman Cemetery39.9442-90.73629
Hixs and Boss CemeteryNoneNone
Howes Cemetery40.01758-90.90836
Huffman Cemetery39.97138-90.64818
Hulett Cemetery39.95115-90.54568
Ichabod Perry Cemetery39.96603-90.69498
Innes CemeteryNoneNone
Jaques CemeteryNoneNone
Jennings Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Keifer Cemetery39.94886-90.77915
Kendrick CemeteryNoneNone
Kinman Burial Ground40.09269-90.71723
Kinney Cemetery40.09921-90.75985
Knight Cemetery40.10424-90.88843
Koch CemeteryNoneNone
Lavina Henry Cemetery39.92359-90.56113
Law Cemetery39.92788-90.72618
Lee Cemetery39.96913-90.90837
Linn - Walker Graves40.07448-90.71818
Linn Cemetery39.92833-90.86554
Logan Creek Cemetery39.98964-90.66763
Logsdon Number 1 Cemetery39.95337-90.6536
Logsdon Number 2 Cemetery39.93427-90.63923
Marden Cemetery39.89285-90.79869
Martin Cemetery39.85004-90.64262
Means Cemetery40.00521-90.77831
Miller Land Cemetery40.07009-90.76489
Morrelville Cemetery39.84378-90.80133
Mounds Cemetery40.02393-90.88485
Mount Pleasant Fargo Cemetery39.97738-90.84476
Mount Sterling Catholic Cemetery39.99254-90.77596
Mount Sterling City Cemetery39.98976-90.75873
Mount Zion Cemetery39.90882-90.59432
Newenham Cemetery39.86386-90.73553
Orton Cemetery39.99726-90.90846
Perry Cemetery39.94865-90.67734
Price CemeteryNoneNone
Price CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
White Oak Springs39.88338-90.81735

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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