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Lawrence County, Illinois

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22newspaper titles
0digitized titles
2historic places
1800earliest paper
1821formed
15,280pop. 2020
52cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 22 newspaper titles published in Lawrence 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 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 2010. Most listings are in or near St. Francisville, Lawrenceville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Lawrence

Library of Congress
22 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
American BannerLawrenceville1800–1999
Lawrenceville RepublicanLawrenceville1800–1999
The Local ReporterBridgeport1800–1891
Lawrenceville BannerLawrenceville1847–1999
American BannerRussellville1855–1999
The American BannerLawrenceville1855–1999
Lawrence County JournalLawrenceville1867–1999
Lawrence County CourierLawrenceville1868–1999
Lawrence County DemocratLawrenceville1871–1999
The Democratic HeraldLawrenceville1872–1999
Lawrence County PressSumner1876–1882
Birds ReviewBirds1886–1999
Lawrence County CourierSumner1895–1999
Lawrence County NewsLawrenceville1895–?
Bridgeport BannerBridgeport1922–?
The Daily RecordLawrenceville1922–?
Bridgeport Leader St. Francisville TimesBridgeport1974–1975
Leader TimesBridgeport1975–1977
Bridgeport LeaderBridgeport1978–1994
The Bridgeport Leader & St. Francisville TimesBridgeport1994–1997
The Bridgeport LeaderBridgeport1997–?
The Bridgeport LeaderBridgeport?–

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

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

2 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bridge at Thirteenth StreetSt. FrancisvilleStructure2016
Lawrence County CourthouseLawrencevilleBuilding2010

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lawrence was formed in 1821 (1821-01-16) from Crawford, Edwards.

LAWRENCE created from CRAWFORD and EDWARDS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

23k13k3,66818301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,6687,0929,21413,66316,52321,38021,07520,53918,54017,80715,45215,280

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
geroPark unit17.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

52 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 52 of 52 listed
NameLatLon
Allison Cemetery38.83592-87.57612
Bell Cemetery38.61078-87.8785
Bethel Cemetery38.57933-87.79857
Bluffs Cemetery38.76884-87.8009
Brian Cemetery38.65864-87.8969
Bridgeport City Cemetery38.68659-87.77727
Buchanan Cemetery38.62875-87.69421
Bunker Hill Cemetery38.61031-87.69393
Cemetery38.65723-87.78679
Centerville Cemetery38.76196-87.58656
Charlottesville Cemetery38.83642-87.74964
Collins Cemetery38.64612-87.685
Conover Cemetery38.84755-87.6959
Corrie Cemetery38.59574-87.84058
Cotton Cemetery38.82948-87.70335
Cughan Cemetery38.75779-87.50609
Denison Cemetery38.64782-87.75919
Derr Cemetery38.79271-87.6451
Dollahan Cemetery38.80953-87.68437
Emmons Cemetery38.82191-87.62867
Gilead Cemetery38.64381-87.9092
Goines Cemetery38.78551-87.6712
Hollister Cemetery38.6857-87.69373
Hopewell Cemetery38.7199-87.78729
Howard Cemetery38.77644-87.61208
Kinkade Cemetery38.65273-87.7733
Lagow Cemetery38.78469-87.54105
Lawrenceville Cemetery38.73476-87.6928
Leech Cemetery38.78734-87.88234
Lone Tree Cemetery38.73625-87.904
May Chapel Cemetery38.71507-87.6323
Mickey Cemetery38.83504-87.71391
Moffett Cemetery38.58486-87.81402
Morris Cemetery38.7985-87.7099
Mount Zion Cemetery38.66476-87.81586
Oak Lawn Cemetery38.58503-87.65225
Olive Branch Cemetery38.64324-87.80895
Otterbein Cemetery38.84608-87.62802
Otterburn Cemetery38.75978-87.55679
Pollard Cemetery38.80726-87.68987
Portee Cemetery38.77875-87.65202
Portee Cemetery38.80587-87.63252
Price Cemetery38.82087-87.53807
Ridgley Cemetery38.64193-87.87222
Saint Paul Cemetery38.84984-87.61387
Spring Hill Cemetery38.6869-87.79688
Storckman Cemetery38.58311-87.86336
Sumner Cemetery38.71603-87.8471
Tann Cemetery38.80254-87.62835
Tevealt Cemetery38.82541-87.53149
Wesley Chapel Cemetery38.65022-87.89122
Wright Cemetery38.60337-87.90679
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Charlottsville38.83477-87.75503
Grisold38.71532-87.68753

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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