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Edwards County, Illinois

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12newspaper titles

0digitized titles

1historic places

1800earliest paper

1814formed

6,245pop. 2020

65cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 12 newspaper titles published in Edwards 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 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2012. Most listings are in or near Albion.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Edwards

Library of Congress

12 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
Albion Journal	Albion	1800–1999
Albion Independent	Albion	1865–1899
The Albion Pioneer	Albion	1869–1879
Edwards County News	Albion	1880–1999
The American Sentinel	Albion	1880–1999
Independent Times	West Salem	1900–1985
The Edwards County Republican	Albion	1900–1904
The Albion Journal	Albion	1902–1903
The Albion Register	Albion	1907–1999
Independent Times Advocate	West Salem	1985–1997
Edwards County Times Advocate	West Salem	1997–?
Albion Journal-Register	Albion	?–

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

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
St. Johns Episcopal Church	Albion	Building	2012

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Edwards was formed in 1814 (1814-11-28) from Gallatin, Madison.

EDWARDS created by Illinois Territory from GALLATIN and MADISON; included parts of present Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and a small area of Indiana.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,444	3,070	5,454	8,597	10,345	9,431	8,974	9,056	7,940	7,961	6,971	6,245

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

65 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 65 of 65 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Albion Cemetery	38.38179	-88.05717
Baptist Cemetery	38.44947	-87.98459
Birk Prairie Cemetery	38.29544	-88.10029
Bond Cemetery	38.46532	-88.01336
Bone Gap Cemetery	38.44828	-87.9906
Brown Cemetery	38.49875	-88.05724
Brown Cemetery	38.56627	-88.05741
Browns Cemetery	38.38163	-87.98608
Brush Prary Cemetery	None	None
Burke & Elder Cemetery	None	None
Campbell Cemetery	None	None
Carney Cemetery	38.46798	-88.08026
Coles Cemetery	38.28337	-88.01114
Dry Cemetery	None	None
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.48936	-88.05184
Ebenezer Cemetery	None	None
Elder Cemetery	None	None
Ely Cemetery	38.50332	-88.11893
Enenezer Cemetery	None	None
Evangelical Cemetery	38.52202	-88.01264
Fortney Cemetery	38.31421	-87.96447
Gaede Cemetery	38.49615	-88.11003
Gould Cemetery	38.44422	-88.00744
Graceland Cemetery	38.37829	-88.04346
Gravet Cemetery	38.32142	-88.02478
Grayville Cemetery	None	None
Greathouse Cemetery	38.50061	-88.04351
Greathouse Cemetery	38.51153	-88.03108
Haggard Cemetery	None	None
Holy Name Catholic Church Cemetery	38.26252	-88.01359
Huggins Cemetery	None	None
Jacobs Cemetery	38.30071	-88.01469
James Hean Family Cemetery	38.33331	-88.01868
Johnson Cemetery	38.28953	-88.02834
Little Prairie Cemetery	38.38592	-88.11248
Little Wabash Cemetery	38.50338	-88.11215
Macedonia Cemetery	38.51851	-88.09486
Marion Cemetery	38.55092	-88.10831
Medler Cemetery	38.414	-88.07469
Miller Cemetery	None	None
Moravian Cemetery	38.52142	-88.00079
Morivian Cemetery	None	None
Mount Zion Cemetery	38.31253	-88.07573
Nine Mile Cemetery	None	None
Oak Grove Cemetery	38.26411	-88.00351
Pinhook Cemetery	38.50973	-87.96448
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	38.45861	-88.13001
Potter Cemetery	38.48282	-88.05225
Reicht Cemetery	None	None
Rice Cemetery	None	None
Ridge Cemetery	38.26561	-88.06383
Samaria Cemetery	38.42555	-88.12952
Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery	38.51934	-88.00336
Shiloh Cemetery	38.48999	-88.0382
Thread Cemetery	38.44229	-88.03858
Tomas Hill Cemetery	None	None
Trinity Cemetery	None	None
Union Cemetery	38.39718	-88.02076
Wanborough Cemetery	38.37512	-88.09017
Wells Cemetery	38.41782	-87.98836
Welser Cemetery	38.55318	-87.95979
West Cemetery	38.33543	-88.10032
West Salem Cemetery	None	None
West Village Cemetery	38.44433	-88.09413
Yankeetown Cemetery	None	None

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Lexington	38.41588	-87.9642
Mills Prairie	38.50422	-87.97087
Piankashawtown	38.43116	-88.09587
Wanborough	38.37866	-88.0917

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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