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Greene County, Illinois

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24newspaper titles
0digitized titles
12historic places
1800earliest paper
1821formed
11,985pop. 2020
167cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 24 newspaper titles published in Greene 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 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Carrollton, White Hall, Eldred.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Greene

Library of Congress
24 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Carrollton Daily GazetteCarrollton1800–1999
Carrollton GazetteCarrollton1846–1954
Greene County BannerCarrollton1848–1999
The Carrollton PressCarrollton1859–1899
Illinois Carrollton PatriotCarrollton1860–1879
Carrollton DemocratCarrollton1865–1999
The Carrollton PatriotCarrollton1870–1899
The LocomotiveGreenfield1870–1875
Greenfield LocomotiveGreenfield1871–1999
Kane ExpressKane1873–1999
The Kane TimesKane1874–1999
Greene County DemocratWhite Hall1875–1999
Greenfield DispatchGreenfield1876–1899
Harper's Weekly HeraldRoodhouse1877–1999
The Greenfield Weekly ArgusGreenfield1878–1889
The Daily Fair GazetteCarrollton1879–1899
The Evening EyeRoodhouse1882–1894
The Evening RepublicanWhite Hall1885–1999
Greenfield ArgusGreenfield1889–1985
The Carrollton PatriotCarrollton1913–1954
The Carrollton Gazette-PatriotCarrollton1954–2007
Greene Prairie PressWhite Hall1985–?
Greene County Farm Bureau NewsletterCarrollton?–
The Daily RecordRoodhouse?–

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

6 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Black, Margaret, Farmstead (Additional Documentation)CarrolltonDistrict2005
Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic DistrictCarrolltonDistrict1985
Eldred, James John, HouseEldredBuilding1999
Hodges HouseCarrolltonBuilding1980
Hotel RoodhouseRoodhouseBuilding1995
Koster SiteEldredSite1972
Mound House SiteHillviewSite1978
Rainey, Henry T., FarmCarrolltonDistrict1987
Tillery, Virginia, Round BarnWhitehallBuilding1982
White Hall FoundryWhite HallBuilding1980
White Hall Historic DistrictWhite HallDistrict1987
White Hall Historic District (Boundary Increase)White HallBuilding1993

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greene was formed in 1821 (1821-01-20) from Madison.

GREENE created from MADISON; part of MADISON became Non-County Area 2 attached to GREENE "for all purposes."

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

24k16k7,67418301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,67411,95116,09323,01023,40222,88320,29218,85217,46016,66114,76111,985

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 167 listed
NameLatLon
Abbott CemeteryNoneNone
Admire CemeteryNoneNone
Allen CemeteryNoneNone
Almshouse CemeteryNoneNone
Armstrong CemeteryNoneNone
Ashbury CemeteryNoneNone
Ashford CemeteryNoneNone
Athensville Cemetery39.46106-90.18974
Barnett Number 1 Cemetery39.4675-90.25668
Barnett Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Batty School CemeteryNoneNone
Bell CemeteryNoneNone
Belltown CemeteryNoneNone
Best CemeteryNoneNone
Bluefield Cemetery39.43643-90.52939
Bluffdale CemeteryNoneNone
Borlin Cemetery39.22078-90.49856
Bostick CemeteryNoneNone
Bowman CemeteryNoneNone
Bradley CemeteryNoneNone
Brannan CemeteryNoneNone
Bridges CemeteryNoneNone
Bridgewater Cemetery39.39476-90.55456
Broomakle CemeteryNoneNone
Burch Cemetery39.22051-90.32663
Burriss CemeteryNoneNone
Busch Cemetery39.17726-90.49595
Bushnell CemeteryNoneNone
Caldwell CemeteryNoneNone
Camerer CemeteryNoneNone
Cameron CemeteryNoneNone
Cannedy Cemetery39.24953-90.38262
Cannedy Cemetery39.30315-90.20863
Carlin Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Carrollton City CemeteryNoneNone
Carter Cemetery39.26521-90.40293
Ceres Cemetery39.50765-90.20885
Clark Cemetery39.2206-90.554
Clark CemeteryNoneNone
Clark CemeteryNoneNone
Clendenen CemeteryNoneNone
Cotter CemeteryNoneNone
Crawford Cemetery39.38254-90.15511
Cummings Cemetery39.2311-90.52801
Curry CemeteryNoneNone
Dayton Cemetery39.23719-90.55492
Dowdall MoundNoneNone
Doyde CemeteryNoneNone
Drake Million Cemetery39.39672-90.2048
Dublin CemeteryNoneNone
Eldred Bushnell Cemetery39.31386-90.55146
Eldred Memorial Gardens39.29161-90.54286
Elm Dale Cemetery39.34235-90.4498
Erwin Cemetery39.24085-90.3968
Fernwood Cemetery39.47476-90.38206
Freer Cemetery39.25645-90.2719
Freer CemeteryNoneNone
Fry Cemetery39.23388-90.48534
Fry CemeteryNoneNone
Gillingham and Rollins Cemetery39.37209-90.52921
Gimmy CemeteryNoneNone
Hanks Cemetery39.44893-90.47234
Hardcastle Cemetery39.29599-90.29353
Hardin Cemetery39.32048-90.26436
Henderson Cemetery39.40726-90.38678
Hermitage Cemetery39.36775-90.17585
Hickory Grove Cemetery39.36614-90.30497
Hicks Cemetery39.45916-90.44286
High Street Cemetery39.38919-90.45761
Hinton CemeteryNoneNone
Holnback CemeteryNoneNone
Hopewell Cemetery39.33865-90.41234
Hopper CemeteryNoneNone
Hord CemeteryNoneNone
Houdashelt CemeteryNoneNone
Hudson Cemetery39.29099-90.23284
Jackson Cemetery39.47615-90.17178
Jalappa CemeteryNoneNone
Johnson Cemetery39.46678-90.4538
Jones Cemetery39.44642-90.32024
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Columbiana39.29727-90.6004
Conwayville39.23616-90.39928
Hurricane39.29171-90.49012
Mid City39.22199-90.39151

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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