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Calhoun County, Illinois

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10newspaper titles
0digitized titles
6historic places
1861earliest paper
1825formed
4,437pop. 2020
46cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 10 newspaper titles published in Calhoun County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1861. 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 Brussels, Kampsville, Michael.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Calhoun

Library of Congress
10 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Calhoun County UnionHardin1861–1899
Calhoun County DemocratHardin1871–1876
Calhoun HeraldHardin1873–1902
The LeaderHardin1890–1999
Calhoun County RepublicanHardin1900–1915
Calhoun HeraldHardin1900–1997
The Calhoun TimesBatchtown1901–1902
Calhoun Times-HeraldHardin1902–1909
The Calhoun NewsHardin1915–1997
Calhoun News-HeraldHardin1997–?

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.

18601901194319842026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Brussels Historic DistrictBrusselsDistrict1998
Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer SiteBrusselsSite1979
Kamp Mound SiteKampsvilleSite1978
Kamp StoreKampsvilleBuilding1994
Klunk, Michael, FarmsteadMichaelBuilding1982
Schudel No. 2 SiteHamburgSite1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Calhoun was formed in 1825 (1825-01-10) from Pike.

CALHOUN created from PIKE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Calhoun County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

8,9175,0031,09018301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,0901,7415,1447,4678,9178,2458,2076,8985,9335,8675,0844,437

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

46 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 46 of 46 listed
NameLatLon
Aderton CemeteryNoneNone
Calhoun County Poor CemeteryNoneNone
Carice CemeteryNoneNone
Crader CemeteryNoneNone
Cresswell Cemetery38.90967-90.56595
Deer Plain CemeteryNoneNone
Dixon Cemetery39.13976-90.67589
Farrow Cemetery39.30063-90.61313
Fox Creek Cemetery39.29265-90.73149
Fuller CemeteryNoneNone
Gresham Cemetery39.22476-90.69401
Gueck CemeteryNoneNone
Hamburg CemeteryNoneNone
Hardin City CemeteryNoneNone
Hetzer Cemetery38.92408-90.61306
Hillcrest Cemetery39.34372-90.71559
Indian Creek CemeteryNoneNone
Ingle Cemetery38.97743-90.64481
Long Cemetery39.36952-90.79638
Macker Cemetery38.87526-90.55514
McConnell Cemetery39.39685-90.72115
Michael CemeteryNoneNone
Minesinger Cemetery38.94784-90.63599
Mount Hope Cemetery39.24282-90.67067
Oak Grove Cemetery39.1609-90.67981
Oak Ridge CemeteryNoneNone
Plummer Cemetery39.11557-90.66389
Poor Cemetery39.32153-90.75781
Retzer Cemetery39.3723-90.67348
Saint Anselm Cemetery39.29834-90.61544
Saint Barbara Cemetery39.02912-90.65857
Saint Josephs Cemetery38.99649-90.60914
Saint Marys Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Saint Matthews Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
Saint Michaels CemeteryNoneNone
Saint Norberts CemeteryNoneNone
Schumann Cemetery39.28709-90.60991
Silver Creek Cemetery39.32439-90.62767
Smith Cemetery39.11399-90.6169
Smith Cemetery39.3666-90.67526
Smith CemeteryNoneNone
Spear Cemetery39.37003-90.63185
Squire CemeteryNoneNone
Summit Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Sutton CemeteryNoneNone
Wilson Cemetery39.03782-90.67512

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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