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Marshall County, Illinois

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32newspaper titles
0digitized titles
2historic places
1800earliest paper
1839formed
11,742pop. 2020
65cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 32 newspaper titles published in Marshall 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 1978. Most listings are in or near Chillicothe, Sparland.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Marshall

Library of Congress
32 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Lacon Daily JournalLacon1800–1999
The Daily IndexWenona1800–1999
The Farmers AdvocateLacon1800–1999
The Henry CourierHenry1800–1869
The Illinois PilotVarna1800–?
The Lacon HeraldLacon1837–1840
The Illinois GazetteLacon, Peru1841–1852
Henry Weekly CourierHenry1850–1899
Lacon HeraldLacon1850–1899
Illinois Weekly GazetteLacon1852–1855
The Henry CourierHenry1853–1859
Marshall County SentinelLacon1854–1899
Illinois GazetteLacon1855–1866
The Lacon IntelligencerLacon1855–1899
Henry Weekly CourierHenry1860–1866
Henry BulletinHenry1862–1899
Marshall County TelegraphHenry1865–1866
Marshall County RepublicanHenry1866–1868
The Lacon Home JournalLacon, Toluca1866–?
The Illinois StatesmanLacon1867–1873
Marshall County Republican and Putnam County RegisterHenry1868–1869
Henry RepublicanHenry1869–1921
The La Rose VidetteLa Rose1873–1999
Marshall County DemocratLacon1877–1919
The Henry TimesHenry1887–1899
Henry Semi-Weekly TimesHenry1890–1899
Daily Home JournalLacon1891–1999
Lacon Home JournalLacon1891–1891
The Henry TimesHenry1899–1920
Marshall County RecordLacon1919–1922
Henry Current NewsHenry1920–1921
Henry News-RepublicanHenry1921–?

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

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

2 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Marshall SiteChillicotheSite2014
Waugh, Robert, HouseSparlandBuilding1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Marshall was formed in 1839 (1839-01-19) from Putnam.

MARSHALL created from PUTNAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

17k9,4021,8491840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,84913,43715,05516,37014,76013,17913,02513,33414,47913,18011,742

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

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

Cemeteries — 65 of 65 listed
NameLatLon
Antioch Cemetery41.00026-89.14945
Babb Cemetery40.97309-89.41898
Baptist CemeteryNoneNone
Barnes Cemetery40.95117-89.30609
Bell Cemetery40.96515-89.27379
Bell Plain Baptist Cemetery40.93611-89.19363
Blue Ridge CemeteryNoneNone
Bonham Cemetery41.06076-89.42898
Brick Church CemeteryNoneNone
Broaddus CemeteryNoneNone
Calvary CemeteryNoneNone
Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Cherry Point Cemetery41.08152-89.10441
Collin's Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Crow Meadow Presbyterian Cemetery40.97545-89.26743
Cumberland Cemetery41.0853-89.1473
First Lutheran Cemetery Number 241.06588-89.21643
Forbes Cemetery41.06586-89.32619
Forbes CemeteryNoneNone
Fort Dever Cemetery40.95666-89.31097
German Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
German Lutheran CemeteryNoneNone
Greeves Cemetery41.02423-89.37314
Hall CemeteryNoneNone
Harris Cemetery41.03691-89.34411
Henry Cemetery41.12336-89.37203
Henry CemeteryNoneNone
Henry German CemeteryNoneNone
Hoyt CemeteryNoneNone
Jason and Broadus Cemetery41.02338-89.3734
Jerry Trove CemeteryNoneNone
LaRose CemeteryNoneNone
Lacon Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Lacon CemeteryNoneNone
Lawn Ridge Cemetery40.98797-89.63237
Loort and Denver CemeteryNoneNone
Mansfield Cemetery41.08948-89.51093
Martin Cemetery40.94873-89.19567
Methodist CemeteryNoneNone
Myers CemeteryNoneNone
New Salem Cemetery40.94215-89.38514
Nighswonger Cemetery41.06296-89.4526
Old Catholic CemeteryNoneNone
Old Henry CemeteryNoneNone
Reilys CemeteryNoneNone
Roberts Cemetery41.07596-89.20971
Russell Cemetery41.02392-89.35564
Rutland Cemetery40.97744-89.05819
Saint Anns Cemetery40.99755-89.14297
Saint Johns Cemetery40.99614-89.12505
Saint Patrick Cemetery41.1195-89.37664
Saint Patrick Cemetery41.06169-89.62043
Salem Cemetery41.04291-89.22178
Saratoga CemeteryNoneNone
Sawyer Cemetery41.06669-89.30341
Sparland CemeteryNoneNone
Statler Cemetery41.06726-89.22152
Stawn CemeteryNoneNone
Strawn Cemetery41.00243-89.35687
Sugar Grove Cemetery41.12697-89.4462
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery40.9752-89.2386
United Presbyterian CemeteryNoneNone
Varna CemeteryNoneNone
Whitefield CemeteryNoneNone
Yankee Lane Cemetery40.97979-89.495

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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