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Henderson County, Illinois

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12newspaper titles
0digitized titles
4historic places
1800earliest paper
1841formed
6,387pop. 2020
45cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 12 newspaper titles published in Henderson 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 1975. Most listings are in or near Gladstone, Oquawka.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Henderson

Library of Congress
12 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Henderson PlaindealerBiggsville1800–1899
The Henderson County QuillStronghurst1800–?
Independent VoterSagetown, Gladstone1869–1899
Henderson County JournalOquawka1872–1879
Biggsville ClipperBiggsville1875–1999
Henderson County JournalOquawka1879–1973
Henderson County DemocratOquawka1889–1999
Henderson County NewsLomax1900–1953
The Lomax HeraldLomax1913–1999
Lomax SearchlightLomax1921–1999
Henderson County Graphic-ReporterStronghurst1954–1973
Media RecordMedia?–

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
PropertyCityTypeListed
Lock and Dam No. 18 Historic DistrictGladstoneDistrict2004
Oquawka Wagon BridgeOquawkaStructure1975
Phelps, Alexis, HouseOquawkaBuilding1982
South Henderson Church and CemeteryGladstoneBuilding1976

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Henderson was formed in 1841 (1841-01-20) from Warren.

HENDERSON created from WARREN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Henderson County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

13k8,5974,6121850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,6129,50110,72210,8369,7708,9498,4168,2379,1148,2136,387

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

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

Cemeteries — 45 of 45 listed
NameLatLon
Adair Cemetery40.75727-90.794
Belmont Cemetery41.04894-90.80378
Best Cemetery40.76346-90.92652
Biggsville Cemetery40.8667-90.86513
Bruen CemeteryNoneNone
Carman Cemetery40.74448-91.05625
Clover Cemetery40.71234-91.06975
Coghill Cemetery40.97699-90.84184
County Farm Cemetery40.92427-90.93098
Crane Cemetery40.6817-91.04847
Cumberland Cemetery40.90293-90.87582
Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery40.89356-90.86765
Curts CemeteryNoneNone
Dallas City CemeteryNoneNone
Davidson Cemetery40.78803-90.79629
Davison Family CemeteryNoneNone
Fall Creek CemeteryNoneNone
Freeland Cemetery40.69484-91.04097
Henderson CemeteryNoneNone
Hopper Cemetery40.78766-90.99484
Huss Cemetery40.82005-90.8982
Kemp Cemetery40.81216-90.97652
Maple Grove Cemetery40.73116-90.98043
Maple Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Nichols CemeteryNoneNone
Olena Cemetery40.79453-90.94282
Oquawka Cemetery40.93633-90.94326
Peasley Cemetery40.71509-90.93385
Prairie City CemeteryNoneNone
Raritan Cemetery40.69163-90.82686
Reed Cemetery40.92082-90.84514
Rozetta Cemetery40.9394-90.86453
Saint Patricks Church Cemetery40.71823-90.80777
Salter's Grove Cemetery40.81976-90.80708
Shaw Cemetery40.65467-91.09626
Smith Creek Cemetery40.90864-90.8068
South Henderson Cemetery40.87259-90.91226
South Prarie CemeteryNoneNone
Stockton Cemetery40.95283-90.86346
Stronghurst CemeteryNoneNone
Terre Haute Cemetery40.67393-90.98174
Walnut Grove Cemetery40.78158-90.86654
Walnut Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Watson Cemetery40.78581-90.92217
Watson CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Silver Lake40.76393-91.06431

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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