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Macoupin County, Illinois

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35newspaper titles
0digitized titles
8historic places
1800earliest paper
1829formed
44,967pop. 2020
230cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 35 newspaper titles published in Macoupin 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 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Carlinville, Mount Olive, Hagaman.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Macoupin

Library of Congress
35 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Jerseyville RepublicanJerseyville, Medora1800–1926
The Bunker Hill NewsBunker Hill1800–1905
The Macoupin County AdvanceBunker Hill1800–1999
The Carlinville SpectatorCarlinville1850–1869
Macoupin StatesmanCarlinville1852–1855
The Macoupin SpectatorCarlinville1855–1859
Carlinville Free DemocratCarlinville1856–1867
Carlinville Weekly SpectatorCarlinville1860–1868
The Carlinville DemocratCarlinville1867–2002
Macoupin TimesCarlinville1868–1871
The ConservativeCarlinville1868–1868
The Macoupin Daily TimesCarlinville1868–1899
Carlinville Semi-Weekly DemocratCarlinville1869–1999
Bunker Hill GazetteBunker Hill1871–1905
Macoupin EnquirerCarlinville1871–1880
The Brighton AdvanceBrighton1871–1880
The Girard ReviewGirard1872–1878
Macoupin County HeraldCarlinville1879–1880
The Girard GazetteGirard1879–?
Macoupin County EnquirerCarlinville1880–2002
Medora Cross RoadsMedora1880–1999
Carlinville Daily RepublicanCarlinville1894–1999
Carlinville RepublicanCarlinville1894–1999
The Daily EnquirerCarlinville1896–1999
The Benld EnterpriseBenld1900–1999
The Gillespie NewsGillespie1900–1963
The Kwik KonnectionStaunton1900–?
Macoupin County ArgusCarlinville1902–1999
The Bunker Hill Gazette-NewsBunker Hill1905–?
Maroon and GoldShipman1927–?
The Area NewsGillespie1963–1995
Gillespie Area NewsGillespie1995–2004
Enquirer-DemocratCarlinville2003–?
Medora MessengerMedora?–
The Brighton NewsBrighton?–

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

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

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Anderson, John C., HouseCarlinvilleBuilding1992
Carlinville Chapter HouseCarlinvilleBuilding1980
Carlinville Historic DistrictCarlinvilleDistrict1976
Robinson, J. L., General StoreHagamanBuilding1980
Route 66, Girard to NilwoodNilwoodStructure2002
Shriver FarmsteadVirdenBuilding1980
Soulsby Service StationMount OliveBuilding2004
Union Miners CemeteryMount OliveSite1972

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Macoupin was formed in 1829 (1829-01-17) from Madison.

MACOUPIN created from MADISON and Non-County Area 2 attached to GREENE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

57k30k1,99018301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,9907,82624,60237,69242,25657,27446,30444,21043,52449,38449,01944,967

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 230 listed
NameLatLon
A M Solomon Cemetery39.39777-90.05636
Allison Jonathan CemeteryNoneNone
Anderson Cemetery39.33405-89.84395
Andrew Cemetery39.41584-90.01905
Arbuckle CemeteryNoneNone
Armour Cemetery39.17359-90.03265
Asbury Cemetery39.08131-90.14539
Asbury Cemetery39.08143-90.14538
Bacon Cemetery39.3756-89.91371
Bacon CemeteryNoneNone
Baird CemeteryNoneNone
Bane CemeteryNoneNone
Baptist Church Cemetery39.04143-90.14427
Bayford-Barnes CemeteryNoneNone
Beale CemeteryNoneNone
Beauchamp CemeteryNoneNone
Behme Cemetery39.21643-89.8637
Ben Biven Family CemeteryNoneNone
Benld Cemetery39.0864-89.79835
Berkey CemeteryNoneNone
Bethel Cemetery39.33551-90.09283
Bethel Cemetery39.33551-90.09283
Bethel Ridge Cemetery39.30749-89.735
Bethleham Baptist CemeteryNoneNone
Binney CemeteryNoneNone
Bishop CemeteryNoneNone
Black Samuel W CemeteryNoneNone
Blevins CemeteryNoneNone
Blooming Grove Church CemeteryNoneNone
Blue Grass Cemetery39.47936-89.95803
Boring Family CemeteryNoneNone
Bott CemeteryNoneNone
Boyer CemeteryNoneNone
Brayford Cemetery39.20767-89.97565
Brighton City CemeteryNoneNone
Bull CemeteryNoneNone
Bullman CemeteryNoneNone
Bunker Hill City Cemetery39.04091-89.94373
Cahokia Township CemeteryNoneNone
Camp CemeteryNoneNone
Cape CemeteryNoneNone
Carlinville City Cemetery39.2756-89.87759
Carns CemeteryNoneNone
Carrico Cemetery39.25001-89.70358
Carter John CemeteryNoneNone
Caruthers John CemeteryNoneNone
Cemetery39.43474-90.12439
Cemetery39.49583-89.92764
Centerville Cemetery39.10065-89.97762
Chapman Cemetery39.06038-89.75184
Charity Church Cemetery39.31648-89.9566
Cherry Cemetery39.43943-89.91343
Chesterfield Cemetery39.26077-90.05091
Chism Cemetery39.26879-90.1356
Clark Cemetery39.12128-89.88115
Clark CemeteryNoneNone
Clevenger CemeteryNoneNone
Close Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Cloud Cemetery (historical)39.47311-89.88149
Combes Cemetery39.15913-89.98208
Cooper CemeteryNoneNone
Coops Family CemeteryNoneNone
Cormack Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Corr Cemetery39.22658-89.79967
County Farm CemeteryNoneNone
County House CemeteryNoneNone
Crawford Cemetery39.4296-89.9255
Crossland Cemetery39.30179-90.10929
Crum Cemetery39.4331-90.01371
Davis Cemetery39.25419-89.83655
Dehne Cemetery39.01337-90.12816
Denby Cemetery39.36198-89.9451
Dews Family CemeteryNoneNone
Doss Grave39.42389-89.9363
Dugger Cemetery39.29132-89.89181
Duncan CemeteryNoneNone
Eagerville Lake CemeteryNoneNone
Eddington CemeteryNoneNone
Emerick Cemetery39.24572-89.89019
Etter Cemetery39.39188-89.99451

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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