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Kendall County, Illinois

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12newspaper titles

0digitized titles

11historic places

1800earliest paper

1841formed

131,869pop. 2020

41cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 12 newspaper titles published in Kendall 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 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Plano, Yorkville, Oswego.

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Newspapers published in Kendall

Library of Congress

12 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Kendall County News	Plano	1800–1974
The Little Joker	Plattville	1800–1999
Kendall County Courier	Oswego	1853–1899
The Little Rock Press	Little Rock	1854–1854
Kendall County Journal	Plano	1856–1857
Kendall County Free Press	Oswego	1857–1899
Kendall Clarion	Bristol	1860–1899
Kendall County Record	Yorkville	1864–?
Millington Enterprise	Millington	1873–1899
The Midget	Newark	1885–1899
Fox Valley Sentinel	Oswego	1974–1980
Ledger-Sentinel	Oswego	1980–?

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

7 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bristol Congregational Church	Yorkville	Building	2016
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Depot	Plano	Building	1993
Downtown Oswego Historic District	Oswego	District	2022
Evelyn Site	Newark	Site	1978
Farnsworth House NHL	Plano	Building	2004
Kendall County Courthouse	Yorkville	Building	1998
Plano Hotel	Plano	Building	1993
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Plano	Building	1990
Sears, Albert H., House	Plano	Building	1987
Steward, Lewis, House	Plano	Building	2003
Yorkville School	Yorkville	Building	1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kendall was formed in 1841 (1841-02-19) from Kane, La Salle.

KENDALL created from KANE and LA SALLE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kendall County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,730	13,074	13,083	11,467	10,074	11,105	12,115	17,540	37,202	54,544	131,869

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

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

Cemeteries — 41 of 41 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Albee Cemetery	None	None
Albert Hassel Cemetery	None	None
Aux Sable Grove Cemetery	41.60215	-88.35508
Bristol Burying Ground (historical)	None	None
Collins Cemetery	None	None
Cowdrey Cemetery	41.65253	-88.40007
Cross Evangelical Lutheran West Cemetery	41.59546	-88.43685
Darnell Cemetery	41.61138	-88.56457
Doud Cemetery	41.66953	-88.37785
Elmwood Cemetery	41.64875	-88.45411
Evergreen Cemetery	None	None
Fox Township Cemetery	None	None
Greefield Farm Cemetery	None	None
Griswold Cemetery	41.63976	-88.51234
Helmar Lutheran Cemetery	41.54436	-88.50309
Howland Cemetery	None	None
Hubbell Cemetery	None	None
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	41.5816	-88.45424
Keck Memorial Cemetery	41.72196	-88.37904
Lincoln Memorial Park	41.71262	-88.28016
Lisbon Cemetery	41.48696	-88.48356
Little Rock Township Cemetery	41.6729	-88.54092
Lyon Farm Cemetery	None	None
Millington Newark Cemetery	41.55758	-88.59478
Munger Cemetery	41.47197	-88.44784
Oak Grove Cemetery	41.67885	-88.4299
Oswego Cemetery	None	None
Oswego Prairie Cemetery	41.67738	-88.28504
Oswego Township Cemetery	41.67753	-88.36118
Ovitt Cemetery	None	None
Pavillion Cemetery	41.61372	-88.47602
Pearce Cemetery	41.68986	-88.33918
Plattville Cemetery	41.5335	-88.38653
Plattville Lutheran Cemetery	41.49615	-88.35932
Saint Patricks Cemetery	41.67957	-88.4303
Sandy Bluff Cemetery	41.64636	-88.58441
Scott Cemetery	41.71151	-88.60098
Seward Mound Cemetery	41.4844	-88.27798
Shonts Cemetery	None	None
West Lisbon Lutheran Cemetery	41.47719	-88.53467
Wormley Cemetery	41.70993	-88.35532

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
White Willow	41.47475	-88.38479

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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