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Crawford County, Illinois

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20newspaper titles
0digitized titles
7historic places
1800earliest paper
1816formed
18,679pop. 2020
131cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 20 newspaper titles published in Crawford 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 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Palestine, Robinson.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Crawford

Library of Congress
20 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Crawford County RepublicanRobinson1800–1905
The Daily ConstitutionRobinson1800–1899
The Daily Robinson ConstitutionRobinson1800–1899
The Hutsonville Weekly JournalHutsonville1852–1899
Crawford BannerPalestine1857–1899
Crawford County BulletinRobinson1860–1899
Crawford County BulletinRobinson1860–1899
Crawford BulletinRobinson1863–1899
Crawford BulletinRobinson1863–1899
The Crawford County ArgusRobinson1863–1872
The Crawford County ArgusRobinson1863–1872
The ConstitutionRobinson1864–1879
The ConstitutionRobinson1864–1879
The Hutsonville HeraldHutsonville1891–1981
Flat Rock JournalFlat Rock1900–1999
The EvidenceStoy1912–1999
The Annapolis NewsAnnapolis1921–1999
The Crawford PressHutsonville, Oblong1981–?
Daily NewsRobinson1983–?
The Duncanville CourierDuncanville?–

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

1 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen, Dr. Arthur W., HomeRobinsonBuilding2020
Fife Opera HousePalestineBuilding1990
Harper, John B., HousePalestineBuilding2004
Palestine Commercial Historic DistrictPalestineDistrict1995
Riverton SitePalestineSite1978
Stoner SiteRobinsonSite1978
Swan Island SitePalestineSite1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Crawford was formed in 1816 (1816-12-31) from Edwards.

CRAWFORD created by Illinois Territory from EDWARDS; included territory in present Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Crawford County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

26k15k3,0221820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,0224,42211,55116,19719,24022,77121,29421,13720,75120,81820,45218,679

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 131 listed
NameLatLon
Abshear CemeteryNoneNone
Adams CemeteryNoneNone
Afro-American CemeteryNoneNone
Allen Cemetery38.89578-87.61107
Allison CemeteryNoneNone
Baker Cemetery38.90183-87.56084
Ball Cemetery39.11394-87.70175
Banu CemeteryNoneNone
Barbee Cemetery39.0446-87.67664
Bartmess Cemetery38.92948-87.54446
Bartmess CemeteryNoneNone
Bathe CemeteryNoneNone
Beckwith Cemetery38.94522-87.6857
Bellair Cemetery39.14022-87.93897
Bennett Cemetery38.94851-87.60349
Berlin Cemetery38.90835-87.9308
Berry CemeteryNoneNone
Bowman CemeteryNoneNone
Cannaan CemeteryNoneNone
Cecedar Cemetery38.90308-87.71454
Clayton CemeteryNoneNone
Connett CemeteryNoneNone
Cox Cemetery39.16949-87.77775
Crawford County Poor Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Crews CemeteryNoneNone
Curtis CemeteryNoneNone
Davis CemeteryNoneNone
Dawson CemeteryNoneNone
Dickinson Cemetery38.8963-87.62669
Dix Cemetery39.15842-87.83592
Dogwood CemeteryNoneNone
Draper Cemetery39.14799-87.67126
Dugan Cemetery39.16516-87.89266
Duncanville Cemetery38.95584-87.69596
Dunlap CemeteryNoneNone
East Union Cemetery38.95755-87.58486
Eaton CemeteryNoneNone
Faught CemeteryNoneNone
Ferrell Cemetery38.85267-87.57717
Ford Cemetery38.88422-87.64387
Fuller Cemetery38.91209-87.58589
Gaddis CemeteryNoneNone
Ganies Cemetery38.90182-87.59476
Garrard CemeteryNoneNone
Good Hope Cemetery38.89869-87.70376
Goodwin CemeteryNoneNone
Gould CemeteryNoneNone
Gowin CemeteryNoneNone
Green Cemetery38.98568-87.61134
Green Cemetery38.8892-87.61085
Green Hill Cemetery38.91865-87.54752
Guyer Cemetery39.14757-87.71149
Hale Cemetery38.85504-87.60585
Hand CemeteryNoneNone
Hardinville Cemetery38.9097-87.83759
Harmony Cemetery39.1157-87.92311
Haskins CemeteryNoneNone
Henderson CemeteryNoneNone
Higgins Cemetery38.971-87.63039
Higgins Cemetery38.86587-87.61585
Hix CemeteryNoneNone
Hutsonville Cemetery39.11798-87.66104
John Kent CemeteryNoneNone
Johnson Cemetery38.88392-87.59079
Jones Cemetery38.88975-87.67882
Jones Cemetery38.90814-87.8157
Keplinger Cemetery38.86949-87.87389
Kirk Cemetery39.03483-87.77895
Kitchell Cemetery39.00121-87.61779
Lackey Cemetery38.94234-87.57344
Lackey CemeteryNoneNone
Lagow CemeteryNoneNone
Landes CemeteryNoneNone
Leggitt CemeteryNoneNone
Liberty CemeteryNoneNone
Lindley Cemetery39.16027-87.6786
Logan CemeteryNoneNone
Mace CemeteryNoneNone
Maddox Cemetery38.92347-87.60131
Mail CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Crawfordsville38.86671-87.66947

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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