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Logan County, Illinois

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67newspaper titles

0digitized titles

12historic places

1800earliest paper

1839formed

27,987pop. 2020

69cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 67 newspaper titles published in Logan 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 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Lincoln, Atlanta, Mount Pulaski.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Logan

Library of Congress

67 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
Manito Community Press	Pleasant Plains, Green Valley, San Jose	1800–1999
The Argus	Atlanta	1800–1892
The Mason County Record	San Jose, San Jose	1800–?
The Atlanta Weekly Forum	Atlanta	1855–1999
Logan County Forum	Atlanta	1856–1999
The Lincoln Weekly Herald	Lincoln	1856–1860
The Lincoln Herald	Lincoln	1860–1912
The Lincoln Courier	Lincoln	1863–1899
The Logan Courier	Lincoln	1863–1869
Logan County Journal	Atlanta	1865–1999
The Lincoln Intelligencer	Lincoln	1867–1899
The Atlanta Argus	Atlanta	1869–1959
Central Illinois Weekly Statesman	Lincoln	1870–1873
The Argus	Atlanta	1870–1892
Lincoln Triweekly Times	Lincoln	1872–1899
Illinois Volksfreund	Lincoln	1874–1879
The Lincoln Times	Lincoln	1874–1902
Lincoln Daily Record	Lincoln	1878–1881
Lincoln Sentinel	Lincoln	1878–1899
The Daily Record	Lincoln	1881–1899
The Lincoln Daily Journal	Lincoln	1881–1999
The Logan County Tribune	Lincoln	1881–1999
The Lincoln Daily Times	Lincoln	1884–1884
Lincoln Volksblatt	Lincoln	1888–1898
Lincoln Daily Courier	Lincoln	1889–1913
Lincoln Weekly Courier	Lincoln	1890–1901
The Daily News	Lincoln	1890–1899
The Lincoln Morning News	Lincoln	1890–1894
The Atlanta Argus	Atlanta	1893–1894
The Lincoln News	Lincoln	1894–1900
Atlanta Daily Argus	Atlanta	1895–1999
The Emden News	Emden	1895–1999
The Lincoln News	Lincoln	1899–1999
Lincoln Daily News-Herald	Lincoln	1900–1904
The Lincoln Daily News	Lincoln	1900–1909
The Lincoln Graphic and the Logan County News	Lincoln	1900–1974
Lincoln Semi-Weekly Courier	Lincoln	1901–1902
The Lincoln Courier	Lincoln	1902–1902
The Lincoln Times-Courier	Lincoln	1902–1912
The Daily News-Herald	Lincoln	1904–1914
Middletown Ledger	Middletown	1905–1999
Lincoln Daily Press	Lincoln	1908–1999
Lincoln Semi-Weekly Star	Lincoln	1911–1923
Lincoln Evening Star	Lincoln	1912–1923
The Lincoln Morning Star	Lincoln	1912–1919
The Lincoln Times-Herald	Lincoln	1912–1914
The Lincoln Morning Courier	Lincoln	1913–1914
Lincoln Courier-Herald	Lincoln	1915–1999
The Lincoln Courier-Herald	Lincoln	1915–1921
Lincoln Beobachter	Lincoln	1917–1918
Lincoln Evening Courier and Lincoln Herald	Lincoln	1921–1940
The Lincoln Daily Star	Lincoln	1927–1927
East Logan County Booster	Beason	1930–1999
The Chestnut Booster	Chestnut	1933–1999
Lincoln Evening Courier	Lincoln	1940–1956
The Kickapoo Press	Lincoln	1954–1999
Lincoln Daily Courier	Lincoln	1956–1968
The Atlanta Argus	Atlanta	1959–1964
The Atlanta Argus-Lens	Atlanta	1959–1959
The Atlanta Argus and the Armington Helper	Atlanta	1964–1989
Lincoln Courier	Lincoln	1968–1992
Hometown Weekly News	Mount Pulaski	1988–1988
Independent Free Press	Mount Pulaski	1988–1988
The Courier	Lincoln	1992–?
The Atlanta Mail	Atlanta	2020–?
The Atlanta Mail	Atlanta	2020–?
Lincoln Evening Courier	Lincoln	?–

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

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

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church	Lincoln	Building	2004
Atlanta Public Library	Atlanta	Building	1979
Buckles, Robert, Barn	Mount Pulaski	Building	1983
Downey Building	Atlanta	Building	2004
Foley, Stephan A., House	Lincoln	Building	1984
Hawes, J. H., Elevator	Atlanta	Structure	1991
Hoblit House	Lincoln	Building	2007
Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District	Lincoln	District	1985
Lincoln Public Library	Lincoln	Building	1980
Mattfeldt, Theodore H. O., House	Mt. Pulaski	Building	1996
Mount Pulaski Courthouse	Mount Pulaski	Building	1978
University Hall	Lincoln	Building	1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Logan was formed in 1839 (1839-02-15) from Sangamon.

LOGAN created from SANGAMON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,333	14,272	25,037	28,680	29,562	29,438	30,671	33,656	31,802	31,183	27,987

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

69 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 69 of 69 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Atlanta Cemetery	40.24923	-89.22814
Baker Cemetery	None	None
Barnes Cemetery	40.08481	-89.53211
Bell Cemetery	39.95679	-89.26461
Berryhill Cemetery	40.15984	-89.22982
Bethel Union Cemetery	None	None
Bluegrass Cemetery	40.21091	-89.21768
Bowers Templeman Cemetery	40.07037	-89.29573
Bowles Cemetery	None	None
Braucher Cemetery	40.08887	-89.39778
Carlock Cemetery	40.26981	-89.31299
Carlyle Cemetery	39.99383	-89.34873
County House Cemetery	None	None
Development Center Cemetery	40.12026	-89.38724
Donnan Cemetery	40.07677	-89.21096
Downing Cemetery	40.05151	-89.32028
Elkhart Cemetery	40.01955	-89.47094
Evans Cemetery	40.07801	-89.50809
Evans Cemetery	None	None
Foster Cemetery	40.07093	-89.42923
Gilbert Cemetery	40.28204	-89.3256
Goldsmith Cemetery	40.10488	-89.4664
Green Hill Cemetery	40.2906	-89.57622
Harmony Cemetery	40.11961	-89.2435
Hartsburg Union Cemetery	40.24659	-89.45164
Hendrickson Cemetery	None	None
Holy Cross Cemetery	40.13467	-89.38836
Howser Cemetery	40.26108	-89.30736
John L Gardner Cemetery	None	None
Jolly Cemetery	40.21698	-89.20537
Keys Cemetery	40.14302	-89.17394
Kline Cemetery	40.04896	-89.41682
Laenna Cemetery	40.05489	-89.20992
Lake Bank Cemetery	39.9515	-89.22283
Latham Thompson Cemetery	40.02438	-89.46764
Lawndale Union Cemetery	40.2218	-89.29493
Lawrence Cemetery	40.01933	-89.39828
Lucas Chapel Cemetery	40.12045	-89.48771
Memorial Park Cemetery	None	None
Metcalk Cemetery	None	None
Miller Hasenmeyer Cemetery	40.31338	-89.35352
Mount Joy Cemetery	40.31337	-89.29832
Mount Pulaski Cemetery	40.0178	-89.2867
Musick Cemetery	40.21829	-89.40083
Niblick Cemetery	40.25976	-89.33537
Old Union Cemetery	None	None
Old Union Cemetery	40.13567	-89.39136
Perry Cemetery	40.16497	-89.17514
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	40.12566	-89.58404
Pool Hill Cemetery	40.174	-89.52337
Reed Cemetery	40.21522	-89.38949
Reese Cemetery	40.04532	-89.24092
Richmond Grove Cemetery	40.17867	-89.60135
Rimerman Cemetery	40.15804	-89.45488
Roaches Chapel Cemetery	40.26378	-89.18237
Saint Mary's Cemetery	40.14647	-89.42079
Skelton Cemetery	40.14507	-89.25881
Steenberger Cemetery	39.96141	-89.31297
Stephens Cemetery	40.20129	-89.58165
Thomas Cemetery	40.26584	-89.59213
Thompson Cemetery	40.30862	-89.31013
Turley Cemetery	39.98323	-89.38213
Two Mile Grove Cemetery	39.93828	-89.17409
Union Cemetery	40.13681	-89.38418
Union Station Cemetery	40.2886	-89.36656
Walnut Hill Cemetery	39.97723	-89.54682
Warrick Cemetery	40.09572	-89.39726
Wright Cemetery	40.07176	-89.41587
Zion Cemetery	40.18573	-89.3595

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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