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Iroquois County, Illinois

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64newspaper titles
0digitized titles
7historic places
1800earliest paper
1833formed
27,077pop. 2020
122cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 64 newspaper titles published in Iroquois 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 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Watseka, Cissna Park, Iroquois.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Iroquois

Library of Congress
64 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Leader and ReviewOnarga1800–1912
The Milford HeraldMilford1800–1928
The Iroquois JournalMiddleport, Watseka1851–1854
The Iroquois County PressMiddleport, Watseka1854–1859
Middleport Weekly PressMiddleport, Watseka1855–1899
Garden StateLoda1856–1860
The Iroquois RepublicanMiddleport, Watseka1856–1872
The Iroquois HeraldWatseka1860–1869
The Iroquois County HeraldWatseka1865–1869
Grand Prairie ReviewOnarga1866–1869
The Chebanse HeraldChebanse1868–1959
Clifton WeeklyClifton1869–1899
The Gilman Saturday StarGilman1870–1879
The Gilman Saturday StarGilman1870–1879
The Gilman StarGilman1870–?
The Gilman StarGilman1870–1879
Iroquois Daily TimesWatseka1871–1899
Iroquois TimesWatseka1871–1875
The IndependentChebanse1872–1880
Clifton ReporterClifton1875–1899
Iroquois County TimesWatseka1875–1900
The Ashkum GazetteAshkum1875–1999
The Buckley InquirerBuckley1875–1999
The Loda RegisterLoda1875–1999
Milford Weekly HeraldMilford1876–1899
Loda TimesLoda1879–1999
Buckley NewsBuckley1891–1999
Cissna Park NewsCissna Park1891–1999
Cissna Park ReviewCissna Park1891–1999
The Daily RepublicanWatseka1892–1892
The CometClifton1893–1902
Iroquois County NewsWatseka1894–1898
The Buckley ChronicleBuckley1895–1999
The Cissna Park ExpressCissna Park1896–1906
The Iroquois County SignalGilman1896–1999
Iroquois County DemocratWatseka1898–1900
The Danforth HeraldDanforth1899–1999
Iroquois County Times-DemocratWatseka1900–1929
Crescent City IndependentCrescent City1901–1999
The Clifton AdvocateClifton1902–1972
The Cissna Park NewsCissna Park1906–?
Leader & ReviewOnarga1918–1919
The Iroquois County TimesWatseka1920–1937
The Milford NewsMilford1920–1928
The Donovan EchoDonovan1921–1999
The Acacia ReviewWatseka1925–?
The Milford Herald-NewsMilford1928–2000
Iroquois County DemocratWatseka1932–1941
The Iroquois County Daily TimesWatseka1937–1967
The JournalSheldon1960–1999
Daily Iroquois County TimesWatseka1967–1975
Clifton Chebanse Ashkum AdvocateClifton1972–1979
Daily Iroquois County Times-RepublicWatseka1975–1975
Illiana SpiritWatseka1975–1979
The Daily Times RepublicWatseka1975–1978
The AdvocateClifton1979–?
Illiana Spirit Shopping GuideWatseka1980–1981
Iroquois County Times-RepublicWatseka1981–?
Milford Herald-NewsMilford2001–?
Ashkum JournalAshkum?–
Loda TimesPaxton, Loda?–
Martinton SunMartinton?–
The Loda TimesLoda?–
The Martinton SunMartinton?–

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

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Glenwood SchoolCissna ParkBuilding2020
Old Iroquois County CourthouseWatsekaBuilding1975
Prairie Dell MeetinghouseIroquoisBuilding2005
Smith, A. Herr and E. E., Public LibraryLodaBuilding1995
St. Mary's ChurchBeavervilleBuilding1996
Watseka Downtown Historic DistrictWatsekaDistrict2026
Watseka Union DepotWatsekaBuilding1999

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Iroquois was formed in 1833 (1833-02-26) from unknown / original county.

IROQUOIS created from Non-County Area 9 and Non-County Area 4 attached to VERMILION.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Iroquois County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

38k20k1,6951840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,69512,32535,45138,01434,84132,49632,34833,56232,97631,33427,077

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

122 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 122 listed
NameLatLon
Amity Cemetery40.56035-87.76465
Apostolic CemeteryNoneNone
Arseneau CemeteryNoneNone
Ash Grove Cemetery40.59641-87.84825
Ashkum CemeteryNoneNone
Assumption CemeteryNoneNone
Barden CemeteryNoneNone
Bardon Cemetery40.8022-87.90195
Beaver Cemetery40.92261-87.54004
Beaver Creek Cemetery40.97301-87.78357
Beaver Creek CemeteryNoneNone
Beckwith CemeteryNoneNone
Belmont Cemetery40.73279-87.69285
Body Cemetery40.715-87.74693
Bookless CemeteryNoneNone
Caveny CemeteryNoneNone
Chamberlain Cemetery40.77857-87.73977
Chebanse CemeteryNoneNone
Cissna Park Cemetery40.59767-87.90505
Clifton CemeteryNoneNone
Courtright CemeteryNoneNone
Crozier-Crozzar CemeteryNoneNone
Danforth Cemetery40.82516-87.96589
Danforth Luthern CemeteryNoneNone
Darby CemeteryNoneNone
Davis CemeteryNoneNone
Del Rey CemeteryNoneNone
East Artesia CemeteryNoneNone
Eastburn CemeteryNoneNone
Enslyn CemeteryNoneNone
Evans-Thomas CemeteryNoneNone
Flesher Cemetery40.80057-87.84909
Floral Hill Cemetery40.48997-87.66961
Frame CemeteryNoneNone
Gaffield Cemetery40.81685-87.58851
Gilman CemeteryNoneNone
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery40.78151-87.69976
Greentown Cemetery40.87157-87.66719
Henry CemeteryNoneNone
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery40.63601-87.88473
Iroquois Memorial Park40.77269-87.69408
J H Grant Memorial Cemetery40.91239-87.54107
Johnson Family CemeteryNoneNone
Julian CemeteryNoneNone
Keen Cemetery40.7567-87.74031
Kirby Cemetery40.80586-87.88337
Leckie CemeteryNoneNone
Liberty Cemetery40.83786-87.55303
Lisk Cemetery40.65225-88.08389
Lister CemeteryNoneNone
Longshore CemeteryNoneNone
Lyman Cemetery40.85237-87.76468
Magee CemeteryNoneNone
Maple Grove Cemetery40.63052-87.70573
McConnel CemeteryNoneNone
McCullough CemeteryNoneNone
Mendenall CemeteryNoneNone
Milk's Grove Cemetery40.9626-88.08314
Morris Chapel Cemetery40.83584-87.52638
Mount Olivet Cemetery40.91165-87.71139
Mount Vernon CemeteryNoneNone
Nilson CemeteryNoneNone
Oak Hill Cemetery40.7828-87.69741
Oak Ridge Cemetery40.98126-87.70061
Old Apostolic Christian Cemetery40.52344-87.81302
Old Burg Cemetery40.89078-87.77008
Old Milford Cemetery40.62485-87.69316
Old Salem CemeteryNoneNone
Old Texas Cemetery40.7891-87.65219
Old Winfield CemeteryNoneNone
Onarga Cemetery40.72071-88.00087
Orchardville CemeteryNoneNone
Pace CemeteryNoneNone
Pangburn CemeteryNoneNone
Papineau Cemetery40.9668-87.72275
Pierce Cemetery40.79316-87.78688
Pine Ridge Cemetery40.52642-88.07644
Pineview CemeteryNoneNone
Prarie Dell Cemetery40.82614-87.64558
Rappen CemeteryNoneNone

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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