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Henry County, Illinois

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47newspaper titles
0digitized titles
16historic places
1800earliest paper
1825formed
49,284pop. 2020
70cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 47 newspaper titles published in Henry 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 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Kewanee, Andover, Galva.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Henry

Library of Congress
47 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Geneseo Daily ArenaGeneseo1800–1999
The Henry County DialCambridge, Kewanee1854–1899
Geneseo StandardGeneseo1855–1999
Geneseo Republic and Henry County NewsGeneseo1856–1859
Kewanee AdvertiserKewanee1856–1899
The Henry County ChronicleCambridge1858–1878
The Geneseo RepublicGeneseo1859–?
The Geneseo JournalGeneseo1860–1860
The Galva UnionGalva1863–1869
The Illinois SwedeGalva1868–1870
Kewanee AdvertiserKewanee1870–1879
The Kewanee IndependentKewanee1871–1882
Galva JournalGalva1873–1899
The Daily ChiefCambridge1874–1899
The Henry County NewsGeneseo1874–1887
Kewanee CourierKewanee1876–1898
The Fair BudgetCambridge1876–1879
The ChronicleCambridge1878–1888
Galva Weekly NewsGalva1879–1915
The Geneseo SunGeneseo1879–1883
The IndependentKewanee1882–1896
Geneseo Weekly SunGeneseo1883–1889
The Galva Weekly StandardGalva1886–1887
The Galva StandardGalva1887–1915
The Geneseo NewsGeneseo1887–1999
The Liberator and TimesOrion1887–1889
The Kewanee StarKewanee1888–1999
The Cambridge ChronicleCambridge1889–?
The Fair DailyKewanee1893–1999
The Evening StarKewanee1895–1898
Kewanee Daily CourierKewanee1896–1999
The Henry County ArenaGeneseo1896–1999
Kewanee Daily Star-CourierKewanee1898–1926
Kewanee Weekly Star-CourierKewanee1898–1999
The Annawan NewsAnnawan1900–1947
The Annawan NewsAnnawan1900–1947
The Atkinson NewsAtkinson1915–1947
The Galva NewsGalva, Galesburg1916–?
Kewanee Star-CourierKewanee1926–1948
The Atkinson-Annawan NewsAtkinson1947–1988
The Atkinson-Annawan NewsAtkinson1947–1988
The Atkinson Annawan NewsAtkinson1990–2001
The Atkinson Annawan NewsAtkinson1990–2001
Geneseo Daily NewsGeneseo?–
Inside KewaneeKewanee?–
The Geneseo EnterpriseGeneseo?–
The Kewanee Labor HeraldKewanee?–

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

9 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Andover Chapter HouseAndoverBuilding1980
Annawan Chapter HouseAnnawanBuilding1980
Atkinson HallGenescoBuilding2003
Bishop Hill Historic District NHLBishop HillDistrict1970
Francis, Frederick, Woodland PalaceKewaneeBuilding1975
Galva Opera HouseGalvaBuilding1982
Henry County CourthouseCambridgeBuilding2004
Johnson, Olof, HouseGalvaBuilding1982
Kewanee HotelKewaneeBuilding2006
Kewanee Public LibraryKewaneeBuilding2006
Lind, Jenny, ChapelAndoverBuilding1975
Music PavilionOrionStructure2002
Rehnstrom, August and Margaretha, HouseAndoverBuilding2008
Ryan Round BarnKewaneeBuilding1974
South Side SchoolGenesoBuilding1975
West Water Tower and Ground Storage TankOrionStructure2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Henry was formed in 1825 (1825-01-13) from unknown / original county.

HENRY created from Non-County Area 5 attached to FULTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

58k29k4118301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
411,26020,66036,59740,04945,16243,79846,49249,31757,96851,02049,284

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

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

Cemeteries — 70 of 70 listed
NameLatLon
Alpha Cemetery41.20554-90.37902
Andover Township Cemetery41.28713-90.29505
Bishop Hill Cemetery41.202-90.11446
Bowman Cemetery41.56254-90.07447
Cavanagh Cemetery41.17839-89.90621
Cholera Stone CemeteryNoneNone
Clover Chapel Cemetery41.21087-90.26736
Colbert Cemetery41.52264-90.21649
Colona Cemetery41.48732-90.34896
Cosner Cemetery41.2958-90.00739
Dayton Cemetery41.48753-90.31984
Ebenezer Cemetery41.53473-90.15633
Edford Cemetery41.44336-90.24984
Evergreen Memorial Gardens41.18542-89.92769
Fairview CemeteryNoneNone
Garden of Peace Cemetery41.27887-89.88852
Glenwood Cemetery41.45308-90.40401
Goble Cemetery41.49336-89.89205
Goemble GraveNoneNone
Grace Episcopal Cemetery41.35336-90.23067
Grace Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
Grand View Cemetery41.40994-90.06723
Greenlee Cemetery41.33128-90.1058
Hanna Cemetery41.50088-90.29836
Hillcrest Home CemeteryNoneNone
Hooppole Cemetery41.5224-89.91786
Kemmis Cemetery41.55067-90.02099
Liberty Cemetery41.34558-90.04871
Loraine Cemetery41.57254-90.04633
Lynn Center Cemetery41.30283-90.35822
Maple Grove Cemetery41.46392-89.91374
Mascall CemeteryNoneNone
Mc Nay Cemetery41.27653-90.18453
McHenry Cemetery41.5399-90.12848
Mizpah Cemetery41.47627-90.09947
Morristown Cemetery41.39615-90.29643
Mount Olivet Cemetery41.24184-89.90442
Mount Zion Cemetery41.32221-90.02945
Munson Cemetery41.34031-90.1795
North Cemetery41.46308-90.15955
Oakwood Cemetery41.43444-90.15128
Old Kewanee Public Cemetery41.24237-89.91615
Old Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
Old Methodist CemeteryNoneNone
Orion Lutheran Cemetery41.35755-90.36668
Orthodox Cemetery41.2562-89.9027
Oxford Cemetery41.17994-90.43226
Pace Cemetery41.30667-89.95389
Piatt Cemetery41.22225-90.18706
Pink Prairie Cemetery41.52036-90.11768
Pleasant View Cemetery41.24309-89.90816
Presbyterian Cemetery41.29336-90.28179
Red Oak Cemetery41.21987-90.20004
Reese CemeteryNoneNone
Rose Dale Cemetery41.28555-90.20418
Sacred Heart Cemetery41.43786-89.94256
Saint Anthony Cemetery41.39581-90.01975
Saint Johns Cemetery41.16595-90.35397
Saint Johns Cemetery41.18031-90.02232
Saint Marys Cemetery41.52504-89.94489
Saint Michael Cemetery41.27892-89.88343
Saxon Cemetery41.15371-89.88728
South Pleasant View Cemetery41.24004-89.90816
Spring Creek Cemetery41.46061-90.05873
Summit Level Cemetery41.18059-90.35152
Swedona Cemetery41.28009-90.43498
Talbot Cemetery41.29365-90.15529
Western Township Cemetery41.37142-90.39707
Wethersfield Cemetery41.22743-89.93398
Woodhull Cemetery41.18394-90.3201
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Kedron41.46837-89.8765
Oxford41.17365-90.43319
Saxon41.15226-89.89205

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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