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Fayette County, Illinois

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26newspaper titles

0digitized titles

4historic places

1800earliest paper

1821formed

21,488pop. 2020

187cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 26 newspaper titles published in Fayette 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 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Vandalia, Brownstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Fayette

Library of Congress

26 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Fayette County Democrat	Vandalia	1800–1999
The Fayette County News	Ramsey	1800–1999
The Illinois Intelligencer	Vandalia, Kaskaskia	1818–1832
Illinois Advocate	Vandalia, Edwardsville	1831–1833
Illinois Advocate	Vandalia, Edwardsville	1831–1833
Illinois Advocate and State Register	Vandalia	1833–1835
Illinois Advocate	Vandalia	1835–1836
Illinois Advocate	Vandalia	1835–1836
The Illinois State Register and People's Advocate	Springfield, Vandalia	1836–1839
The Illinois State Register and the Illinois Advocate	Vandalia	1836–1836
Busy Body	Vandalia	1838–1899
Illinois Sentinel	Vandalia	1839–1899
The Freeman	Vandalia	1842–1899
Fayette Yeoman	Vandalia	1849–1851
The Fayette Yeoman, and Rail-Road Journal	Vandalia	1849–1849
The Age of Steam	Vandalia	1852–1859
Age of Steam & Fire	Vandalia	1853–1899
The Age of Steam	Vandalia	1854–1899
Fayette Observer	Vandalia	1856–1899
The Fayette Democrat	Vandalia	1860–1899
The Fayette County News	Vandalia	1878–1999
The Bingham Agriculturist	Bingham	1888–1999
The Leader	Vandalia	1890–1999
The Leader-Union	Vandalia	1983–?
The Fayette Times	Vandalia	1995–?
The Farina News	Farina	?–

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

3 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Dycus, Floyd and Glenora, House	Brownstown	Building	2001
First Presbyterian Church	Vandalia	Building	1982
Little Brick House	Vandalia	Building	1973
Vandalia Statehouse	Vandalia	Building	1974

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fayette was formed in 1821 (1821-02-14) from Bond, Clark, Crawford, Jefferson, Wayne.

FAYETTE created from BOND, CLARK, CRAWFORD, JEFFERSON, and WAYNE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,704	6,328	11,189	23,241	28,065	26,187	29,159	24,582	21,946	22,167	21,802	21,488

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

187 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 187 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abel Cemetery	None	None
Adcock Cemetery	None	None
Ambuehl Cemetery	38.88093	-88.80766
Amish Cemetery	None	None
Ammerman Cemetery	None	None
Antioch Cemetery	39.2095	-88.96178
Arm Prairie Cemetery	38.91287	-88.94369
Austin Cemetery	None	None
Bails Cemetery	None	None
Bear Creek Cemetery	38.79913	-89.15724
Beck Cemetery	39.2056	-88.93354
Beck Cemetery	None	None
Bethlehem Cemetery	38.979	-89.23724
Big Spring Cemetery	None	None
Blankenship Cemetery	39.14308	-88.97304
Boaz Cemetery	None	None
Bob Doan Cemetery	39.19144	-88.82299
Bob Doan Cemetery	39.19142	-88.82311
Bolt Cemetery	39.11015	-89.03364
Bolyard Cemetery	39.10816	-89.1045
Bone Cemetery	None	None
Brackenbush Cemetery	39.08254	-89.24496
Britton Cemetery	38.89883	-89.06273
Brown Cemetery	None	None
Browning Cemetery	39.03215	-89.2257
Buchanan Cemetery	39.18671	-88.95522
Bullington Cemetery	None	None
Carlock Cemetery	39.14133	-89.21581
Casey Cemetery	39.1729	-89.1604
Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Cemetery	39.0706	-89.16324
Center Cemetery	38.88933	-88.99003
Cheshier Cemetery	38.885	-88.96857
Collier Cemetery	38.81279	-89.23152
Cook Cemetery	39.06115	-89.21451
Cothern Family Cemetery	39.14115	-89.02868
Craig Cemetery	39.20331	-89.19297
Creighton Cemetery	None	None
Crowder Cemetery	38.82512	-89.01603
Crums Chapel Cemetery	39.0855	-88.82
Cummins C emetery	None	None
Daniel Cemetery	38.9011	-89.21547
Davis Cemetery	None	None
Dial Cemetery	39.1281	-88.89563
Donaldson Cemetery	39.14321	-89.2417
Dycus Cemetery	None	None
Eakle Cemetery	38.97032	-89.22979
Evans Cemetery	38.92642	-89.14071
Fairlawn Cemetery	38.95143	-89.10062
Fairview Cemetery	39.03869	-88.91926
Farina Cemetery	38.83965	-88.79311
Farmer Cemetery	38.85192	-89.10985
Fayette County Poor Farm Cemetery	None	None
Fearn Cemetery	None	None
Flynn Cemetery	None	None
Forbis Cemetery	39.03706	-89.02115
Fox Cemetery	39.13252	-89.18379
Funk Family Cemetery	None	None
Gensier Cemetery	None	None
German Reformed Cemetery	38.93322	-88.905
Griffith Cemetery	38.97661	-88.97845
Guy Beck Cemetery	None	None
Guy Cemetery	39.02088	-88.86256
Haley Chapel Cemetery	38.96995	-89.03298
Halford Cemetery	39.18417	-89.21007
Harper Cemetery	None	None
Harris Cemetery	38.90392	-88.86369
Harris Cemetery	39.12676	-89.24116
Hayes Cemetery	39.13498	-89.12336
Heckethorn Cemetery	38.8506	-89.05867
Hillside Cemetery	None	None
Hiram Beck Cemetery	None	None
Holy Cross Lutheran Cemetery	39.05765	-89.14949
Illinois State Correctional Center	None	None
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	38.86848	-89.01384
Independence Cemetery	39.07664	-89.07038
Isbell Cemetery	39.08754	-89.2459
Journey Cemetery	None	None
Julius Cemetery	None	None
Kaskaskia Cemetery	39.13002	-88.91022

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Greenland	39.17976	-88.81951
Howards Point	39.02088	-88.85756
Pinhook	38.91032	-89.03423

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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