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LaSalle County, Illinois

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88newspaper titles

9digitized titles

34historic places

1800earliest paper

1831formed

109,658pop. 2020

182cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 88 newspaper titles published in LaSalle County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1800. 9 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 34 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Ottawa, Utica, LaSalle.

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Newspapers published in LaSalle

Library of Congress

88 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
La Salle Weekly Tribune	La Salle	1800–1999
La Salle Weekly Tribune	La Salle	1800–1999
Mendota Bulletin	Mendota	1800–1896
The Lostant Local	Lostant	1800–1999
Genius of Liberty Digitized	Lowell	1840–?
The Illinois Free Trader Digitized	Ottawa	1840–1841
The Illinois Free Trader Digitized	Ottawa	1840–?
The Illinois Free Trader and Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser Digitized	Ottawa	1841–1843
The Illinois Free Trader and Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser Digitized	Ottawa	1841–?
The Illinois Gazette	Lacon, Peru	1841–1852
Constitutionalist	Ottawa	1845–1852
Beacon Light	Peru	1846–1847
Beacon Light	Peru	1846–1847
The Junction Beacon	Peru	1847–1899
The Junction Beacon	Peru	1847–1899
Lasalle County Democrat	Peru	1850–1851
The La Salle County Press	La Salle	1850–1899
Lasalle Standard	La Salle	1851–1852
La Salle Watchman	La Salle	1852–1855
La Salle Journal	La Salle	1855–1899
Mendota Press	Mendota	1855–1859
The Mendota Weekly Press	Mendota	1856–1859
The Daily Little Giant	Ottawa	1858–1858
The Mendota Observer	Mendota	1859–1899
The Daily Herald	Peru	1861–1861
The Daily Herald	Peru	1861–1861
The Evening Herald	Peru	1861–1861
The Evening Herald	Peru	1861–1861
Mendota Bulletin	Mendota	1863–1877
Central Illinois Wochenblatt	Ottawa, Bloomington, La Salle	1868–1927
Earlville Gazette	Earlville	1868–1883
Marseilles Advertiser	Marseilles	1869–1874
Mendota Weekly Chronicle	Mendota	1869–1870
Earlville Transcript	Earlville	1870–1879
La Salle Reporter	La Salle	1871–1876
The La Salle Independent	La Salle	1874–1899
The Marseilles Herald	Marseilles	1874–1999
The Mendota News	Mendota	1874–1877
Bulletin and News	Mendota	1877–1878
Daily Times	Ottawa	1877–1899
Mendota Bulletin-News	Mendota	1878–1899
The Mendota Reporter	Mendota	1878–1927
The Marseilles Plaindealer	Marseilles	1879–1999
The Evening Journal	Ottawa	1880–1881
Daily Free Press	Streator	1881–1881
The Earlville Leader	Earlville	1881–2002
The Edgewood Echo	Peru	1886–1899
The La Salle Republican	La Salle	1886–1999
La Salle Daily Tribune	La Salle	1890–1999
The La Salle County Journal	Ottawa, La Salle	1892–1916
The Bumble Bee	Seneca	1893–1895
Illinois-Posten	Ottawa	1894–1913
The Daily Journal	Ottawa	1898–1916
The Marseilles Daily Register	Marseilles	1899–1999
The Daily Register	Marseilles	1900–1999
La Salle County Record	Ottawa	1913–1999
The La Salle County Times	Ottawa	1913–1913
Illinois Valley Tradesman	Marseilles	1914–1999
The Mendota Sun-Bulletin	Mendota	1914–1927
Daily Tribune	Marseilles	1915–1999
Free Trader-Journal Digitized	Ottawa	1916–1920
Free Trader-Journal Digitized	Ottawa	1916–?
Free Trader-Journal and Ottawa Fair Dealer Digitized	Ottawa	1920–1927
Free Trader-Journal and Ottawa Fair Dealer Digitized	Ottawa	1920–?
Marseilles Daily Press	Marseilles	1921–1966
The Daily Post-Tribune	La Salle, Peru	1926–1947
The Daily Post-Tribune	La Salle, Peru	1926–1947
The Lostant News	Lostant	1926–1999
The Mendota Reporter and the Mendota Sun-Bulletin	Mendota	1927–1956
The Daily News-Tribune	La Salle, Peru, Oglesby	1947–1969
The Daily News-Tribune	La Salle, Peru, Oglesby	1947–1969
The Mendota Reporter	Mendota	1956–?
Lostant Centennial Edition	Lostant	1961–1961
The Daily Times	Ottawa	1967–?
The Leland Times	Leland	1971–1976
The Marseilles Press	Marseilles	1971–1999
Daily Times-Press	Streator	1979–1980
Earlville Post	Earlville	2002–?
Daily Independent-Times	Streator	?–
Daily Republican-Times	Ottawa	?–
La Salle County Gazette-Express	Earlville	?–
Lasalle County Herold	Ottawa	?–
The Daily News-Herald	Peru, La Salle, Spring Valley	?–
The Daily News-Herald	Peru, Spring Valley	?–
The Daily Post	La Salle	?–
The Daily Post	La Salle	?–
The La Salle Daily Tribune and Peru Evening Press	La Salle, Peru	?–
The Leland Times	Leland	?–

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

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in LaSalle. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Free Trader-journal (ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

January 18, 1917 · Ottawa

“OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established OTTAWA JOURNAL Established FREE THE DAILY Fair and colder tonight Friday fair rising tem perature in afternoon VOLUME 13JO or OTTAWA ILLINOIS TIIIINDAA JAMAIIV IS HUT…”

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Free Trader-journal (ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

February 2, 1917 · Ottawa

“THE WEATHER Fair and continued cold tonight Saturday gener ally fair with slowly ris ing temperature OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established OTTAWA JOURNAL Established rrT TO VOLUME NO is OTTAWA ILLINOIS FIJI…”

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Free Trader-journal (ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

March 24, 1917 · Ottawa

“OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established OTTAWA JOURNAL Established TRAD ttjrna THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sun day warmer tonight VOLUME 1KO III Im kick sixTioxsj OTTAWA ILLINOIS SATURDAY MAltCH EIGHTEEN…”

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Free Trader-journal (ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

July 13, 1918 · Ottawa

“OTTAWA FHEE THAOtH fltablnhad OTTAWA JOURNAL CaUblllheil 1BKU RE TRi WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sundjy PjkiiLly becoming unsettled War mer Sunday VULUMK NO Ill OTTAWA ILLINOIS SATl KDAV JULY it…”

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Free Trader-journal (ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

January 24, 1919 · Ottawa

“OTTAWA FREE TRADER established OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 1IM FREE TRADERJOURNAL Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Saturday not much change in tempera ture VOLUME iuo JO OTTAWA ILLINOIS FIJI DAY…”

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Free Trader-journal (ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

January 23, 1920 · Ottawa

“WEATHER Cloudy and colder to night Saturday and Sat urday night generally fair and colder OTTAWA FHEE TRADEH Established OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 1BB0 FREE TRADERJ OURNA OTTAWA ILLINOIS FUJDAV…”

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On this day

Front pages

No digitized front pages for LaSalle were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 34 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

34 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Armour's Warehouse	Seneca	Structure	1997
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Depot	Marseilles	Building	1995
Corbin Farm Site	Utica	Site	1998
Fisher-Nash-Griggs House	Ottawa	Building	1998
Fletcher, Ruffin Drew, House	Streator	Building	1991
Hauge Lutheran Church	Sheridan	Building	2016
Hegeler I, Julius W., House	LaSalle	Building	2009
Hegeler-Carus Mansion NHL	La Salle	Building	1995
Hossack, John, House	Ottawa	Building	1972
Hotel Kaskaskia	LaSalle	Building	1988
Hotel Kaskaskia Buildings (Boundary Increase)	LaSalle	Building	2007
Hotel Plaza Site	Utica	Site	1998
Knuessl Building	Ottawa	Building	1992
LaSalle City Building	LaSalle	Building	1985
LaSalle Downtown Commercial District	LaSalle	District	2017
Little Beaver Site	Utica	Site	1998
Marseilles Hydro Plant	Marseilles	District	1989
Marseilles Lock and Dam Historic District	Marseilles	District	2004
Norway Temperance Hall	Sheridan	Building	2026
O'Conor, Andrew J., III, House	Ottawa	Building	1993
Old Kaskaskia Village NHL	Ottawa	Site	1966
Ottawa Commercial Historic District	Ottawa	District	2011
Ottawa East Side Historic District	Ottawa	District	2013
Ransom Water Tower	Ransom	Structure	1990
Shaky Shelter Site	Utica	Site	1998
Spring Valley House-Sulfur Springs Hotel	Utica	District	1987
Starved Rock NHL	Ottawa	Site	1966
Starved Rock Lock and Dam Historic District	Ottawa	District	2004
Starved Rock Lodge and Cabins	LaSalle-Peru	Building	1985
Strawn, Jeremiah, House	Ottawa	Building	1995
Streator Public Library	Streator	Building	1996
Washington Park Historic District	Ottawa	District	1973
Westclox Manufacturing Plant Historic District	Peru	District	2007
Williams, Silas, House	Streator	Building	1976

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

La Salle was formed in 1831 (1831-01-15) from Putnam.

LA SALLE created from PUTNAM, Non-County Area 4 attached to VERMILION, and Non-County Area 6 attached to TAZEWELL. Part of PUTNAM became Non-County Area 8 and was attached to LA SALLE for administrative and judicial purposes.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,348	48,332	70,403	87,776	92,925	97,801	100,610	110,800	112,033	111,509	109,658

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 182 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allen Cemetery	41.15904	-88.66305
Baker Cemetery	41.5656	-88.81254
Barnhart Cemetery	41.14892	-88.82285
Bellrose Cemetery	None	None
Benton Cemetery	None	None
Bethany Cemetery	41.06801	-89.03784
Bethel Cemetery	None	None
Brandall Farm Cemetery	None	None
Brook and Richards Cemetery	None	None
Brookside Cemetery	None	None
Brower Cemetery	None	None
Brown's Point Cemetery	None	None
Brumbach Cemetery	41.42503	-88.71425
Brumbach Cemetery	None	None
Bute Cemetery	None	None
Butterfield Cemetery	None	None
Calvary Cemetery	41.35487	-88.86883
Calvary Cemetery	None	None
Carter Cemetery	41.59759	-88.89787
Classon Family Cemetery	None	None
Crandall Cemetery	41.53276	-89.07389
Culver Cemetery	41.62904	-88.65027
Dana Cemetery	None	None
Daniels Cemetery	None	None
David Strawn Cemetery	41.43462	-88.69191
David Strawn Cemetery	None	None
Davis Cemetery	41.49442	-88.98825
Dayton Cemetery	None	None
Debolt Cemetery	41.41935	-88.76632
Deer Park Baptist Cemetery	None	None
Deutsch Evangelical Cemetery	None	None
Dewey Cemetery	41.51263	-89.04937
Dickey Cemetery	None	None
Dimmick Cemetery	41.43325	-89.06893
East Dimmick Cemetery	None	None
Ebersol Cemetery	None	None
Elerding Cemetery	41.54524	-88.67725
Elias Trumbo Cemetery	None	None
Elmwood Cemetery	None	None
Emery Green Cemetery	41.14268	-88.7632
Fairview Cemetery	41.21583	-89.05982
Forest Lawn Memory Gardens	41.34151	-89.05494
Four Mile Grove Cemetery	41.61932	-89.05137
Fox River Cemetery	41.45654	-88.65351
Freedom Lutheran Cemetery	41.47024	-88.87475
Freeman Cemetery	None	None
Funk Cemetery	41.13769	-88.73073
Galloway Cemetery	41.31078	-88.71835
George Galloway Cemetery	None	None
Gouldtown Cemetery	41.49321	-88.88391
Grand Rapids Cemetery	41.25142	-88.80951
Grand Rapids Methodist Cemetery	41.22115	-88.76119
Grand Ridge Mutual and Poundstone Family Cemetery	41.27065	-88.83588
Halcott Cemetery	None	None
Harding Cemetery	None	None
Hegland Cemetery	41.19986	-88.625
Henry Sargent Family Cemetery	None	None
Hill Cemetery	41.21111	-88.87482
Hill Cemetery	41.52071	-89.03262
Hill Cemetery	None	None
Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery	41.15642	-88.8573
Holy Cross Cemetery	41.56373	-89.12924
Hope Town Cemetery	41.14536	-89.06603
Immaculate Conception Cemetery	41.17297	-89.16217
Indian Burying Ground	None	None
K Jittleson Cemetery	None	None
La Salle Cemetery	None	None
LaSalle County Aslum Cemetery	None	None
Lawrence Family Cemetery	None	None
Leland Cemetery	None	None
Lett Cemetery	41.58162	-88.64839
Little Indian Creek Cemetery	41.58642	-88.76285
Lostlands Cemetery	41.15708	-88.92526
Lovell Kimbel Cemetery	None	None
Lowell Cemetery	None	None
Lutheran Cemetery	41.47309	-89.14564
Luthern Cemetery	None	None
Mackey Cemetery	41.17545	-88.86981
Manlius Methodist Cemetery	41.36941	-88.63668
Maxton and Woodside Cemetery	41.27544	-88.62694

Historical populated places — 7 of 7

Name	Lat	Lon
Bailey Falls	41.27726	-89.04425
Culton	41.4842	-89.11731
Freedom Centre	41.48448	-88.88063
Little Rock	41.31809	-89.04675
Munson	41.52614	-88.85286
Otter	41.1792	-88.77868
South Ottawa	41.3317	-88.83702

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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