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Jo Daviess County, Illinois

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44newspaper titles

0digitized titles

19historic places

1800earliest paper

1827formed

22,035pop. 2020

92cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 44 newspaper titles published in Jo Daviess 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 19 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Galena, Elizabeth, East Dubuque.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Jo Daviess

Library of Congress

44 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
Galena Commercial Advertiser	Galena	1800–1999
The Galena Advertiser	Galena	1829–1830
The Galenian	Galena	1832–1839
Galena Democrat and Public Advertiser	Galena	1838–1899
Galena Democrat	Galena	1839–1899
Galena Democrat for the Country	Galena	1839–1899
Galena Picayune	Galena	1840–1899
Galena Budget	Galena	1841–1899
Galena Sentinel	Galena	1841–1846
Galena Semi-Weekly Advertiser	Galena	1845–1848
Galena Weekly Jeffersonian	Galena	1845–1855
The Daily Evening Jeffersonian	Galena	1847–1851
Galena Daily Advertiser	Galena	1848–1864
The Daily Morning Jeffersonian	Galena	1851–1852
Galena Daily Jeffersonian	Galena	1852–1899
Galena Weekly Courier	Galena	1856–1869
The Galena Daily Courier	Galena	1856–1861
Galena Daily Democrat	Galena	1862–1899
Galena Weekly Democrat	Galena	1863–1999
Galena Daily Gazette	Galena	1864–1868
Galena Weekly Gazette	Galena	1864–1874
Galena Evening Gazette	Galena	1868–1873
Galena Volksfreund	Galena	1868–1999
Galena Daily Gazette	Galena	1873–1953
Galena Weekly Gazette and Spirit of the Press	Galena	1874–1875
The Industrial Press	Galena	1874–1882
Galena Weekly Gazette	Galena	1875–1953
Galena Industrial Press	Galena	1882–1885
Galena Press	Galena	1886–1890
Elizabeth News	Elizabeth	1888–1919
East Dubuque Register	East Dubuque	1894–?
Hanover Journal	Hanover	1896–1999
Apple River Advance	Apple River	1899–1999
The Galena Tribune	Galena	1905–1906
The Galena Tribune	Galena	1905–1906
The Galena Daily Tribune	Galena	1906–1999
The Galena Weekly Tribune	Galena	1906–1999
Elizabeth Weekly News	Elizabeth	1910–?
The Hanover Herald	Hanover	1935–1999
Hanover Journal	Hanover	1937–1957
The Elizabeth Times	Elizabeth	1937–1999
Galena Advertiser and the Galena Weekly Gazette	Galena	1953–1953
The Galena Gazette	Galena	1953–1953
The Galena Gazette and Advertiser	Galena	1953–1993

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

12 of 19 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

19 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Apple River Fort Site	Elizabeth	Site	1997
Bishop’s Busy Big Store-Lyric Opera House	Elizabeth	Building	2022
Chapman, John, Village Site	Hanover	Site	2009
Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot	Elizabeth	Building	1996
East Dubuque School	East Dubuque	Building	1982
Frentess, Henry N., Farmstead	East Dubuque	Building	2011
Galena Historic District	Galena	District	1969
Galena Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)	Galena	District	2013
Grant, Ulysses S., House NHL	Galena	Building	1966
Miller, Henry W., House	Galena	Building	2010
Millville Town Site	Apple River	Site	2003
Old Market House	Galena	Building	1973
Old Stone Hotel	Warren	Building	1975
Scales Mound Historic District	Scales Mound	District	1990
Townsend House	Stockton	Building	2005
Warren Commercial Historic District	Warren	District	1995
Washburne, Elihu Benjamin, House	Galena	Building	1973
Wenner, Charles, House	Galena	Building	1984
White, W.E., Building	Stockton	Building	1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jo Daviess was formed in 1827 (1827-02-17) from Henry, Mercer, Putnam.

JO DAVIESS created from HENRY, MERCER, and PUTNAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,111	6,180	27,325	27,528	24,533	21,917	19,989	21,459	21,821	23,520	22,289	22,035

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

92 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 92 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Albright Cemetery	42.22264	-90.14587
Bell Cemetery	None	None
Blair Cemeter	42.30917	-89.93762
Blair Cemetery	42.30955	-89.93776
Bremen Cemetery	None	None
Burbridge Cemetery	None	None
Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Chelsea Cemetery	None	None
Citzens Cemetery	42.4823	-90.26645
Clay Cemetery	42.25307	-89.92178
Council Hill Cemetery	42.49194	-90.34901
County House Cemetery	None	None
Deeds Cemetery	None	None
Derinda Cemetery	None	None
Derinda Center Cemetery	None	None
East Chelsea Cemetery	42.41555	-89.96426
East Dubuuue Cemetery	None	None
Eaton Cemetery	None	None
Ebenezer Cemetery	None	None
Edgerton Cemetery	None	None
Edwards Cemetery	None	None
Elizabeth Cemetery	None	None
Elmwood Cemetery	42.49667	-90.00567
Evergreen Cemetery	None	None
Fehler Cemetery	None	None
Flack Cemetery	None	None
Frentress Cemetery	None	None
Galena Cemetery	None	None
German Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Good Hope Cemetery	None	None
Grant Hill Cemetery	42.48055	-90.39373
Graves Cemetery	None	None
Greenwood Cemetery	42.4175	-90.44512
Hammond Cemetery	None	None
Hanover Evergreen Cemetery	None	None
Holy Cross Cemetery	42.35755	-90.00207
Holy Trinity Cemetery	42.48165	-90.2653
Irish Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Isbell Cemetery	None	None
Janover Cemetery	None	None
Keenan Cemetery	None	None
Log Church Cemetery	42.28732	-90.33316
Long Hollow Cemetery	None	None
Lost Mound Cemetery	42.20454	-90.26187
Massbach Cemetery	42.23029	-90.1354
Mennonite Cemetery	None	None
Menominee Cemetery	None	None
Millville Cemetery	42.44407	-90.04998
Miners Chapel Cemetery	42.44305	-90.35595
Morley Cemetery	None	None
Morrison Cemetery	42.24001	-90.16031
Morseville Cemetery	None	None
Mount Hope Cemetery	None	None
Nora Cemetery	42.4625	-89.94151
Oakland Cemetery	None	None
Oakwood Cemetery	42.44972	-89.98567
Old City Cemetery	None	None
Pilot Cemetery	None	None
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	None	None
Plum River Catholic Cemetery	42.28056	-90.04762
Polker Cemetery	None	None
Prospect Hill Methodist Episcopalian Cemetery	42.35306	-90.37651
Roberts Cemetery	None	None
Robinson Cemetery	None	None
Saint Annes Catholic Cemetery	42.48806	-89.98123
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery	None	None
Saint Joseph Cemetery	42.49889	-90.10929
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.32138	-90.22201
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.42146	-90.44597
Saint Marys Irish Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Saint Michaels Cemetery	42.40918	-90.42152
Salem Methodist Cemetery	None	None
Scales Mound Cemetery	None	None
Schapville Cemetery	None	None
Simmons Cemetery	None	None
Singers Catholic Cemetery	42.44306	-90.29631
Stockton Cemetery	None	None
Stockton Ladies Union Cemetery	None	None
Taylor Family Cemetery	None	None
Thompson Cemetery	42.40153	-90.11203

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Brinksburg	42.19502	-90.31152
East Stockton	42.34224	-89.98068
Millbrig	42.4775	-90.40457
Pitcherville	42.36446	-90.00179
Pleasant Hill	42.26502	-90.23541
Sweet Home	42.4664	-90.04596
Weston	42.31335	-90.26318

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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