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Jersey County, Illinois

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17newspaper titles
0digitized titles
21historic places
1800earliest paper
1839formed
21,512pop. 2020
88cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 17 newspaper titles published in Jersey 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 21 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Grafton, Jerseyville, Elsah.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Jersey

Library of Congress
17 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Jerseyville RepublicanJerseyville, Medora1800–1926
Jerseyville RepublicanJerseyville1800–1889
The Jersey IndependentJerseyville1800–1999
The Grafton PhoenixGrafton1842–1899
Grafton ReporterGrafton1849–1999
Jerseyville Prairie-StateJerseyville1850–1864
The Democratic UnionJerseyville1857–1999
Jersey County DemocratJerseyville1865–1939
The Jerseyville ExaminerJerseyville1878–1889
The Daily DemocratJerseyville1896–1999
Jersey County NewsJerseyville1927–1939
Jersey County Democrat-NewsJerseyville1939–1962
Jersey County News Jersey County DemocratJerseyville1939–1939
Democrat NewsJerseyville1962–1985
Democrat News American JournalJerseyville1985–1985
The Jersey County StarJerseyville1996–?
Jersey County JournalJerseyville2001–?

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

10 of 21 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

21 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Brainerd, Charles, HouseGraftonBuilding1998
Duncan FarmGraftonSite1982
Elsah Historic DistrictElsahDistrict1973
Fisher-Chapman FarmsteadJerseyvilleDistrict2012
Fulkerson, Col. William H., FarmsteadJerseyvilleBuilding1998
Grafton BankGraftonBuilding1994
Grafton Boat WorksGraftonBuilding2022
Grafton Historic DistrictGraftonDistrict1994
Hamilton Primary SchoolOttervilleBuilding1998
Jersey County CourthouseJerseyvilleBuilding1986
Jerseyville Downtown Historic DistrictJerseyvilleDistrict1986
Jerseyville First Presbyterian ChurchJerseyvilleBuilding2021
Mason, Paris, BuildingGraftonBuilding1994
McClintock, John and Amelia, HouseGraftonBuilding1994
New Piasa Chautauqua Historic DistrictChautauquaDistrict1982
Nutwood SiteNutwoodSite1979
Pere Marquette State Park Lodge and CabinsGraftonBuilding1985
Principia College Historic District NHLElsahDistrict1993
Ruebel HotelGraftonBuilding1994
Slaten-LaMarsh HouseGraftonBuilding1994
Smith-Duncan, House and Eastman BarnGraftonBuilding1999

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jersey was formed in 1839 (1839-08-05) from Greene.

JERSEY created from GREENE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

23k14k4,5351840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,53512,05115,54214,61212,68213,63615,26417,02320,53821,66821,512

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 88 listed
NameLatLon
Armstrong Cemetery39.12155-90.46383
Belt Salem Cemetery39.13479-90.44009
Beltrees CemeteryNoneNone
Bethany CemeteryNoneNone
Botts Cemetery39.0137-90.16169
Brown Cemetery39.10921-90.38483
Chance Ezekiel CemeteryNoneNone
Chapman Cemetery39.09121-90.20884
Chappel CemeteryNoneNone
County Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Czaia CemeteryNoneNone
Dabbs Cemetery39.05143-90.44455
Darlington Family CemeteryNoneNone
Davenport Cemetery39.04921-90.42928
Dougherty Cemetery39.04324-90.39043
East Newbern Cemetery39.01785-90.31134
Edsall Cemetery39.0031-90.43511
Edwards Cemetery39.03359-90.24574
Eldridge Cemetery39.06448-90.16455
Elliott Cemetery39.19343-90.16751
Elsah Cemetery38.96365-90.3515
Falkner Cemetery39.09115-90.38205
Field CemeteryNoneNone
Fredenburg CemeteryNoneNone
Geisler Family CemeteryNoneNone
Graham CemeteryNoneNone
Green CemeteryNoneNone
Grimes Cemetery39.1198-90.40245
Groppel CemeteryNoneNone
Gunterman Cemetery39.13079-90.52516
Hamilton Cemetery39.05115-90.39872
Hanold CemeteryNoneNone
Hartford Cemetery38.96955-90.5398
Heitzig Cemetery39.1006-90.46956
Hetzel Cemetery39.13404-90.48264
Hinson Cemetery39.08698-90.40372
Hopewell CemeteryNoneNone
Houseman Cemetery39.1581-90.4715
Jerrsey CemeteryNoneNone
Keller Cemetery39.18004-90.2815
Kemper Cemetery39.22198-90.17122
Kirchner CemeteryNoneNone
Lamb Memorial Cemetery39.05102-90.33709
Lax Cemetery39.14444-90.41695
Lebanon CemeteryNoneNone
Lewis Cemetery39.00057-90.41196
Lock Haven CemeteryNoneNone
Lofton CemeteryNoneNone
Longwill Cemetery39.15976-90.19205
Luckey - Weber Cemetery39.13115-90.25455
Lurton Cemetery39.01149-90.33768
Maple Lawn Cemetery39.18809-90.16372
Marston Cemetery39.00712-90.23368
McDow Cemetery39.04348-90.39878
Meadow Branch Cemetery39.00699-90.50289
Medora Cemetery39.17921-90.14705
Methodist Evangelical Old CemeteryNoneNone
Moore Cemetery39.13494-90.19967
Newbern Cemetery39.00748-90.33567
Noble Cemetery39.05773-90.40381
Oak Grove Cemetery39.12521-90.31613
Phipps CemeteryNoneNone
Pruitt Cemetery39.17929-90.24274
Quitt Family CemeteryNoneNone
Reddish Cemetery39.10877-90.48809
Reddish Dunham Cemetery39.17032-90.50733
Reddish-Cooper CemeteryNoneNone
Richey Family CemeteryNoneNone
Rosedale Cemetery39.04504-90.54595
Rowden Cemetery39.11556-90.404
Rowden Family CemeteryNoneNone
Rusk Cemetery39.13029-90.4797
Saint Alphonsus Cemetery39.05065-90.16055
Saint Francis Xaviers Cemetery39.13504-90.31677
Saint Marys Cemetery39.11185-90.46022
Saint Michaels Cemetery38.95873-90.30498
Salem Cemetery39.00681-90.37502
Scenic Hill Cemetery38.98918-90.41858
Schlansker CemeteryNoneNone
Shults Grave CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Bowman39.13755-90.24456

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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