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Jefferson County, Illinois

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7newspaper titles

0digitized titles

2historic places

1851earliest paper

1819formed

37,113pop. 2020

129cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 7 newspaper titles published in Jefferson County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1851. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Mount Vernon, Belle.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Jefferson

Library of Congress

7 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Jeffersonian	Mount Vernon	1851–1859
The Jeffersonian	Mount Vernon	1852–1856
The Egyptian Torch-Light	Mount Vernon	1857–1899
Daily Register	Mount Vernon	1892–1917
Jefferson County Democrat	Mount Vernon	1894–1999
The Ina Observer	Ina	1900–1963
Ina Weekly News	Ina	1965–1999

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.

18501894193819822026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Appellate Court, 5th District	Mount Vernon	Building	1973
Judd, C. H., House	Belle	Building	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jefferson was formed in 1819 (1819-03-26) from Edwards, White.

JEFFERSON created from EDWARDS and WHITE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jefferson County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
691	5,762	12,965	20,686	28,133	28,480	34,375	35,892	32,315	36,552	40,045	37,113

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 129 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abner Cemetery	38.17176	-88.97715
Adams Farm Cemetery	None	None
Antioch Cemetery	38.44031	-88.90296
Arnold Cemetery	38.25291	-88.84323
Atkinson Cemetery	38.35768	-88.82074
Bald Hill Cemetery	38.20202	-89.12311
Baldridge Cemetery	None	None
Baldwin Farm Cemetery	None	None
Bell River Cemetery	None	None
Belle Rive Cemetery	38.24549	-88.74085
Bethel Memorial Cemetery	38.28143	-88.90117
Black Cemetery	38.25445	-89.00955
Black Oak Ridge Cemetery	38.3177	-88.77108
Bond Cemetery	None	None
Boswell Cemetery	None	None
Boyd Cemetery	38.41849	-89.01421
Boyd Farm Cemetery	38.41365	-89.00784
Boyette Cemetery	None	None
Bradford Cemetery	None	None
Brown Farm Cemetery	None	None
Buffington Cemetery	None	None
Calvary Cemetery	None	None
Carroll Cemetery	38.17155	-88.86308
Casner Cemetery	None	None
Clark Cemetery	38.37622	-88.79615
Clark Farm Cemetery	None	None
Cockran Farm Cemetery	None	None
County Farm Cemetery	None	None
Creel Cemetery	None	None
Cubb Prairie Cemetery	38.23967	-88.89241
Davenport Cemetery	None	None
Delashment Cemetery	None	None
Dodds Cemetery	None	None
Dryden Cemetery	38.16888	-89.06605
East Hickory Hill Cemetery	38.34258	-88.76052
East Salem Cemetery	38.37089	-88.84684
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.39711	-88.95661
Etheridge Cemetery	38.31341	-88.82154
Falley Cemetery	38.4454	-88.76203
Feltz Farm Cemetery	None	None
Fisher Farm Cemetery	None	None
Fitzgerrell Cemetery	38.16238	-88.87133
Four Graves	38.17479	-88.72418
Fouts Cemetery	38.43795	-89.11595
Gaston Cemetery	38.39642	-89.0575
Gilbert Cemetery	38.23271	-89.06048
Gilead Cemetery	38.44484	-88.96012
Gilead Cemetery	38.46857	-89.11109
Greenwalt Cemetery	38.44205	-88.71913
Grothoff Cemetery	38.1879	-88.80768
Hall Cemetery	38.46282	-88.842
Hams Grove Cemetery	38.24151	-88.82614
Harlow Cemetery	None	None
Harmony Cemetery	38.40839	-88.79261
Hickey Cemetery	38.46226	-88.85589
Hicory Hill Cemetery	38.34282	-88.76089
Hope Cemetery	38.14147	-88.83446
Hopewell Cemetery	38.38596	-88.88102
Horse Prairie Cemetery	38.13308	-89.03107
Horse Prairie Cemetery	None	None
Howe Cemetery	None	None
Jennings Farm Cemetery	38.41337	-88.94673
Jordan Chapel Cemetery	38.44662	-88.91737
Kell Cemetery	None	None
Kirk Cemetery	38.16573	-88.90286
Knob Prairie Cemetery	38.22732	-89.04521
Knowles Cemetery	38.17894	-88.87099
Laird Cemetery	38.26305	-88.71136
Little Grove Cemetery	38.46483	-89.02402
Locust Grove Cemetery	38.38012	-89.049
Long Farm Cemetery	None	None
Lowry Hill Cemetery	38.17726	-88.707
Mason Cemetery	38.20626	-88.94509
McConnaughhay Cemetery	38.4615	-88.72723
McKinney Cemetery	38.1718	-88.84575
Medders Cemetery	38.29415	-88.84637
Memorial Garden Cemetery	38.30588	-89.02256
Mifflin Cemetery	38.39598	-88.6999
Minson Cemetery	38.26461	-89.14518
Mount Catherine Cemetery	38.36577	-89.05241

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Fitzgerrell	38.13811	-89.01424
Harris Grove	38.21755	-88.79062
Lynchburg	38.28672	-88.78617
Pigeon	38.39505	-88.75645

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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