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Jasper County, Illinois

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6newspaper titles

0digitized titles

1historic places

1800earliest paper

1831formed

9,287pop. 2020

113cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 6 newspaper titles published in Jasper 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 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 1998. Most listings are in or near Newton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Jasper

Library of Congress

6 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Jasper County Times	Newton	1800–1889
The Jasper Democrat	Newton	1860–1899
The Democratic Watchman	Newton	1864–1899
The Jasper County Clipper	Newton	1874–1879
Jasper County Newton Press-Mentor	Newton	1988–1999
The Mentor-Democrat	Newton	?–

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

1 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Embarras River Bridge	Newton	Structure	1998

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jasper was formed in 1831 (1831-02-15) from Clay, Crawford.

JASPER created from CLAY and CRAWFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,472	8,364	14,515	20,160	16,064	13,431	12,266	11,346	11,318	10,117	9,287

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 113 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbott Cemetery	38.88629	-88.32361
Andrews Cemetery	39.12165	-88.12316
Aten Cemetery	39.16909	-88.15459
Aten Cemetery	39.1217	-88.12337
Backbone Cemetery	39.14969	-87.96556
Bailey Cemetery	38.99226	-88.33958
Bailey Cemetery	39.06642	-87.98781
Bethel Cemetery	38.86206	-88.10906
Bethel Cemetery	39.10282	-88.00531
Bickers Cemetery	None	None
Billy Wright Grave	None	None
Bowers Cemetery	39.03341	-88.2425
Boyd Cemetery	None	None
Brewer Cemetery	39.10094	-88.33486
Brick Cemetery	39.01337	-88.20518
Brockville Cemetery	39.04575	-88.08001
Brooks Cemetery	39.07813	-88.12468
Brown Cemetery	39.1042	-88.08475
Burford Cemetery	None	None
Burton Cemetery	None	None
Busby Family (historical)	None	None
Carter Cemetery (historical)	None	None
Chapman Cemetery	None	None
Chezum Family Cemetery	None	None
Christian Chapel Cemetery	39.04409	-88.15296
Coad Cemetery	None	None
Coburn Cemetery	39.05331	-88.17995
Collins Cemetery	None	None
Cook Cemetery	None	None
County Poor Farm	None	None
Cummins Cemetery	None	None
Cummins Cemetery	38.93605	-88.18755
Daniel Hinds Cemetery	None	None
Dark Bend Cemetery	38.85647	-87.97097
Debord Cemetery	39.16446	-88.01954
Devore Cemetery	38.87782	-88.28254
Diel Cemetery	39.14472	-88.25277
Eidson Cemetery	38.99802	-88.02656
Fairfield Cemetery	39.09285	-88.26006
Farley Family Cemetery	None	None
Foster Cemetery	38.94758	-88.27391
Fox Cemetery	None	None
Frazier Family Cemetery	None	None
Freeman Cemetery	38.93865	-88.34587
Fulk - Pierce Cemetery	38.887	-88.32361
Gila Lutheran Cemetery	39.08276	-88.24744
Hammers Cemetery	None	None
Hankins Cemetery	38.86402	-88.23114
Haper Cemetery	None	None
Harris Cemetery (historical)	None	None
Harrisburg Cemetery	None	None
Hays Cemetery	39.15253	-88.18531
Headyville Cemetery	38.91014	-88.34236
Hines Cemetery	None	None
Honey Cemetery	38.9237	-88.23956
Hoover Cemetery	None	None
Island Creek Cemetery	39.15736	-88.30456
Island Grove Cemetery	None	None
Jasper Family Cemetery	None	None
Jones Cemetery	39.02236	-88.23141
Kedron Cemetery	38.97948	-88.28393
Kerns Cemetery	39.10568	-88.23158
Kibler Cemetery	39.03216	-88.24217
Kilgore Cemetery	39.10434	-88.08497
Lancaster Cemetery	38.89168	-88.25813
Leamon Cemetery	39.17364	-87.97669
Lost Cemetery	None	None
Matteson Cemetery	39.08247	-88.05021
McFadden Cemetery	39.13961	-88.00787
Miller Cemetery	38.97894	-87.9737
Miller Cemetery	None	None
Miller Cemetery	None	None
Mitchel Cemetery	None	None
Mound Cemetery	39.02447	-87.97085
Mount Calvary Cemetery	None	None
Myer Cemetery	39.12645	-88.26063
New Saint Peter Cemetery	39.01012	-88.11081
Nob Wilson Family Cemetery	None	None
Old Saint Peter Cemetery	39.00307	-88.11163
Old Wheeler Cemetery (historical)	None	None

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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