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Gallatin County, Illinois

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17newspaper titles

0digitized titles

6historic places

1800earliest paper

1812formed

4,946pop. 2020

43cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 17 newspaper titles published in Gallatin 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 1972. Most listings are in or near Equality, Old Shawneetown, Shawneetown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Gallatin

Library of Congress

17 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Daily Progress	Equality	1800–1999
The Illinois Emigrant	Old Shawneetown	1818–1819
The Illinois Gazette	Old Shawneetown	1819–1830
Illinois Journal, and State Intelligencer	Old Shawneetown	1833–1835
Gallatin Democrat, and Illinois Advertiser	Old Shawneetown	1835–1839
Illinois Advertiser	Old Shawneetown	1836–1837
Gallatin Republican	Old Shawneetown	1840–1841
Illinois Republican	Old Shawneetown	1841–1899
Illinois State Gazette	Old Shawneetown	1843–1849
Gallatin County Democrat	Old Shawneetown	1850–1999
Gallatin County Gazette	Old Shawneetown	1871–1879
The Home News	Old Shawneetown	1873–1999
The Local Record	Old Shawneetown	1877–1906
Gallatin Democrat	Old Shawneetown	1880–?
Gallatin County Times	Equality	1934–1934
The Equality Times	Equality	1934–1999
The Junction Monitor	Junction	1934–1999

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

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

6 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Camp Mather-Camp Logan	Shawneetown	Building	1998
Crenshaw House	Equality	Building	1985
Duffy Site	New Haven	Site	1977
Marshall, John, House Site	Old Shawneetown	Site	1975
Saline Springs	Equality	Site	1973
State Bank	Old Shawneetown	Building	1972

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Gallatin was formed in 1812 (1812-09-14) from Randolph.

GALLATIN created by Illinois Territory from RANDOLPH. Boundary with JOHNSON is estimated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,155	10,760	8,055	12,861	15,836	12,856	11,414	9,818	7,638	7,590	6,445	4,946

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

43 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 43 of 43 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adkin Cemetery	37.87859	-88.34275
Asbury Cemetery	37.8637	-88.17311
Barnett Cemetery	37.64828	-88.33892
Blackard Cemetery	None	None
Bradley Cemetery	37.75264	-88.25097
Callicott Cemetery	37.80208	-88.17003
Crawford Campground Cemetery	37.80115	-88.27198
Earnshaw Cemetery	37.61782	-88.23197
Ellison Family Cemetery	None	None
Elmwood Cemetery	37.74946	-88.36248
Equality Village Cemetery	37.73759	-88.34379
Garrett Cemetery	37.78726	-88.33476
Hazel Ridge Cemetery	37.90469	-88.35702
Hill Cemetery	37.59921	-88.27698
Hogan Cemetery	37.66948	-88.2142
Immaculate Conception Cemetery	37.73569	-88.13803
Jackson Cemetery	37.80592	-88.24685
Jones Cemetery	37.82797	-88.23332
Kanady Cemetery	37.69851	-88.23948
Lawler Cemetery	37.73528	-88.28791
Leamington Cemetery	37.63893	-88.30698
Leavell Hill Cemetery	37.69284	-88.26706
Lloyd Cemetery	37.67324	-88.34802
McGehee Cemetery	37.71004	-88.22531
New Zion Cemetery	37.822	-88.20052
Oak Grove Cemetery	37.88972	-88.21155
Oak Grove Church Cemetery	37.84086	-88.36548
Old Cottonwood Cemetery	37.86156	-88.20077
Omaha Cemetery	None	None
Palestine Number 1 Cemetery	37.8942	-88.3019
Palestine Number 2 Cemetery	37.90211	-88.30559
Poplar Cemetery	37.87087	-88.37254
Riley Cemetery	37.78286	-88.18991
Saint Josephs Cemetery	37.77792	-88.27375
Saint Patricks Cemetery	37.81302	-88.15885
Sanders Family Cemetery	None	None
Shain Cemetery	37.90142	-88.36867
Stanley Cemetery	37.62115	-88.18642
Swan Cemetery	37.89394	-88.21419
Union Chapel Cemetery	37.84643	-88.3467
Vinson Cemetery	None	None
Westwood Cemetery	37.71987	-88.16302
Zion Cemetery	37.81335	-88.32428

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Bowlesville	37.67421	-88.21254
New Market	37.79171	-88.23837

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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