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Christian County, Illinois

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24newspaper titles
0digitized titles
5historic places
1858earliest paper
1839formed
34,032pop. 2020
82cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 24 newspaper titles published in Christian County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1858. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1984. Most listings are in or near Pana, Taylorville, Assumption.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Christian

Library of Congress
24 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The Independent PressTaylorville1858–1999
The Illinois RepublicanTaylorville1860–1899
Christian County DemocratTaylorville1868–1874
Daily AdvertiserTaylorville1869–?
The Assumption PressAssumption1872–1873
The Assumption RecordAssumption1873–1875
The Christian County Farmers' JournalTaylorville1875–1899
The Assumption IndependentAssumption1876–1999
The Critical ObserverTaylorville1878–1899
After DarkTaylorville1879–1999
Edinburg HeraldEdinburg1880–1999
The Daily PalladiumPana1886–1899
The Calamity HowlerTaylorville1892–1999
The Daily BreezeTaylorville1894–1930
The Assumption NewsAssumption1895–1999
Christian County Courier and DemocratTaylorville1900–1999
The Assumption IndependentAssumption1900–1999
Evening GazetteAssumption1901–1999
The Daily PalladiumPana1910–1940
Christian County RecordTaylorville1935–1941
Golden Prairie NewsAssumption, Macon, Moweaqua1977–?
The Daily CourierTaylorville?–
The Daily PalladiumPana?–
The Edinburg HeraldEdinburg?–

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.

18501894193819822026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

5 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Illinois State Bank BuildingAssumptionBuilding1984
Jehle, Louis, HousePanaBuilding1995
Kitchell ParkPanaDistrict1992
Taylorville Chautauqua AuditoriumTaylorvilleBuilding1988
Taylorville Courthouse Square Historic DistrictTaylorvilleDistrict1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Christian was formed in 1839 (1839-02-15) from Montgomery, Sangamon.

DANE (now CHRISTIAN) created from MONTGOMERY and SANGAMON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

39k20k1,8781840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,87810,49228,22732,79038,45838,56438,81637,20736,44635,37234,032

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
LIHOPark unit42.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 82 listed
NameLatLon
Achenback Cemetery39.55392-89.42942
Adams Gorden Cemetery39.6509-89.07064
Anderson Cemetery39.48726-89.33703
Antioch Methodist Cemetery39.36174-89.32668
Assumption CemeteryNoneNone
Berea Cemetery39.80081-89.15493
Bethany Cemetery39.62095-89.44997
Bethel Baptist Cemetery39.62858-89.34656
Bilyeu Cemetery39.62498-89.08362
Blueville CemeteryNoneNone
Brush Branch CeneteryNoneNone
Brush Creek Cemetery39.48545-89.34481
Buckeye Prairie Cemetery39.43662-89.22935
Buckhart Reformed Church Cemetery39.68496-89.31184
Calvary Cemetery39.38806-89.11756
Campbellite CemeteryNoneNone
Carmen CemeteryNoneNone
Center Grove Cemetery39.3712-89.32115
Christian Poor Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Cloyd CemeteryNoneNone
Colewell CemeteryNoneNone
Dalbey CemeteryNoneNone
Darmer Cemetery39.76627-89.19658
Dodson CemeteryNoneNone
Donner Cemetery39.47958-89.23739
Durbin Cemetery39.45886-89.19356
Durbin Cemetery39.49132-89.4185
Edinburg Cemetery39.66309-89.3998
Fairview Cemetery39.40021-89.25863
Finley Cemetery39.63449-89.46453
Fraley Cemetery39.55075-89.23566
Furrow Cemetery39.74449-89.41953
Glen Haven Memorial Gardens39.56853-89.2593
Greenwood CemeteryNoneNone
Grove City Methodist Cemetery39.70703-89.29331
Hannnon CemeteryNoneNone
Harpers Ferry Cemetery39.45421-89.42681
Harris Cemetery39.56599-89.20981
Harris Number 1 CemeteryNoneNone
Harvel Cemetery39.34974-89.52548
Hawk CemeteryNoneNone
Hayes Cemetery39.61027-89.03853
Hinckle Cemetery39.74311-89.35799
Hunter Cemetery39.78247-89.22084
Jacobs Cemetery39.6315-89.0505
Kelsay CemeteryNoneNone
Kettelkamp Cemetery39.37116-89.28676
Langley Cemetery39.5621-89.35868
Leachman CemeteryNoneNone
Linwood Cemetery39.38166-89.05028
Long Cemetery39.555-89.14683
Millersville Cemetery39.43668-89.16021
Milligan Cemetery39.75695-89.31028
Morrisonville Cemetery39.43129-89.47659
Mound Cemetery39.38842-89.11523
Mound Chapel Cemetery39.46581-89.27759
Mount Auburn Cemetery39.77034-89.26269
Mount Zion Cemetery39.67018-89.23933
Neu CemeteryNoneNone
Oak Hill Cemetery39.54167-89.28693
Ohlman Cemetery39.35679-89.19662
Old Stonington Cemetery39.61956-89.15813
Pleasant View CemeteryNoneNone
Ponting Cemetery39.6147-89.19615
Potters Field Cemetery39.43297-89.19485
Ralston Primitive Baptist CemeteryNoneNone
Ressler CemeteryNoneNone
Rosemond Grove Cemetery39.36583-89.1525
Saint Marys Cemetery39.51931-89.06019
Saint Maurice Cemetery39.39673-89.45727
Sanders Christian CemeteryNoneNone
South Fork CemeteryNoneNone
Stafford Cemetery39.77867-89.19549
Stokes CemeteryNoneNone
Tanner Cemetery39.59674-89.20585
Thomas Anderson Cemetery39.4926-89.41331
Tovey CemeteryNoneNone
Twin Pines CemeteryNoneNone
Walnut Hill Cemetery39.61207-89.37672
Williams CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Campbellsburg39.68366-89.42037

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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