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Carroll County, Illinois

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20newspaper titles
0digitized titles
6historic places
1800earliest paper
1839formed
15,702pop. 2020
58cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 20 newspaper titles published in Carroll County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1800. 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 1973. Most listings are in or near Mount Carroll, Lanark, Milledgeville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Carroll

Library of Congress
20 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Carroll County GazetteLanark1800–1879
The Lanark BannerLanark1800–1899
Carroll County RepublicanMount Carroll1852–1899
Home IntelligencerMount Carroll1858–1899
Carroll County MirrorMount Carroll1860–1891
Carroll County Weekly MirrorMount Carroll1860–1869
Carroll County HeraldMount Carroll1876–1891
The Brethren at WorkLanark, Mount Morris1876–?
Amateur GlobeMount Carroll1878–1899
The Lanark GazetteLanark1879–1970
The Milledgeville Free PressMilledgeville1885–1900
Carroll County Mirror and HeraldMount Carroll1891–1899
Chadwick SentinelChadwick1892–1999
Carroll County MirrorMount Carroll1894–1999
The Chadwick ClarionChadwick1899–1999
Carroll County ChurchmanSavanna1921–1922
Daily Mirror-DemocratMount Carroll1930–1933
Carroll County Mirror-DemocratMount Carroll1933–1987
Civilian SaluteSavanna, Savanna Ordnance Depot1943–1999
Carroll County ReviewThomson1970–?

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.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Carroll County CourthouseMount CarrollBuilding1973
Franks, Charles, HouseLanarkBuilding1998
Halderman, Nathaniel, HouseMount CarrollBuilding1980
Mark, Caroline, HouseMount CarrollBuilding1983
Mount Carroll Historic DistrictMount CarrollDistrict1980
Steffens, Joseph, HouseMilledgevilleBuilding1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carroll was formed in 1839 (1839-02-22) from Jo Daviess.

CARROLL created from JO DAVIESS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

20k10k1,0231840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,02311,73316,97618,96319,34517,98718,97619,50718,77916,67415,702

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

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

Cemeteries — 58 of 58 listed
NameLatLon
Adams - Daggert Cemetery42.0378-89.95845
Apple River CemeteryNoneNone
Argo Cemetery42.00446-90.01678
Arnolds Grove Cemetery42.13095-89.94377
Arnolds Grove Dunkard Cemetery42.13377-89.9437
Bashaw FamilyNoneNone
Bayles CemeteryNoneNone
Beryer CemeteryNoneNone
Bethel Cemetery41.94405-89.78269
Black Oak Cemetery42.01226-89.93725
Brethren in Christ CemeteryNoneNone
Brick Church CemeteryNoneNone
Brookville Lutheran Cemetery42.05502-89.68733
Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Cemetery Hill CemeteryNoneNone
Center Hill Cemetery42.08139-90.04304
Chadwick Cemetery42.0099-89.86854
Chamber CemeteryNoneNone
Cherry Grove Brethern Cemetery42.14487-89.82659
Dunshee CemeteryNoneNone
Dutchtown Church of the Brethren Cemetery41.9741-89.81729
Eagle Point CemeteryNoneNone
Fairhaven Cemetery41.94669-89.92893
Free Family CemeteryNoneNone
Georgetown CemeteryNoneNone
Hardin CemeteryNoneNone
Hazel Green CemeteryNoneNone
Henderson Family CemeteryNoneNone
Hope Brethren Cemetery42.01169-89.91762
Jacobstown CemeteryNoneNone
Lanark City Cemetery42.09668-89.82622
Lower York Cemetery41.95891-90.05567
Luthern CemeteryNoneNone
Mosquito Hill Cemetery42.17585-90.14873
Mount Carroll CemeteryNoneNone
Oak Hill Cemetery42.10335-89.98623
Oakville Cemetery42.04918-89.92623
Page Family CemeteryNoneNone
Protestant CemeteryNoneNone
Renner Cemetery42.18911-89.91018
Rock Creek CemeteryNoneNone
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery42.07974-90.12842
Saint Wendelin Cemetery42.15499-89.75166
Savanna Township Cemetery42.07918-90.12984
Schriner Cemetery42.03747-89.74303
Shannon Brethren Cemetery42.14595-89.74334
Shelly Cemetery42.15536-89.71603
South Elkhorn Cemetery41.96724-89.71274
Spring Valley Cemetery42.18584-89.81243
Stein Family CemeteryNoneNone
Thomson CemeteryNoneNone
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery42.05057-89.95901
Union Cemetery42.00179-89.75343
Wacker Cemetery42.05779-90.04679
Wolfe Cemetery42.13606-89.87055
Woodland Brethren Cemetery42.12769-89.9879
York CemeteryNoneNone
Zion Cemetery42.18418-90.08484
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Daggett42.03253-89.97373

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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