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McDonough County, Illinois

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44newspaper titles
0digitized titles
8historic places
1800earliest paper
1826formed
27,238pop. 2020
120cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 44 newspaper titles published in McDonough 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 Macomb, Colchester, Adair.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in McDonough

Library of Congress
44 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Blandinsville GazetteBlandinsville1800–1900
Bushnell Weekly RecordBushnell1800–1882
Good Hope ReflectorGood Hope1800–1999
The Illinois By-StanderMacomb1800–1899
The Macomb By-StanderMacomb1800–1999
M'donough IndependentMacomb1851–1854
M'donough Independent and Democratic ReviewMacomb1854–1855
M'donough DemocratMacomb1855–1899
The Macomb EnterpriseMacomb1856–1899
The Blandinville ArgusBlandinsville1857–1899
The Macomb EagleMacomb1857–1999
The Bushnell Union PressBushnell1860–1899
Macomb Weekly JournalMacomb1861–1865
The Macomb JournalMacomb1865–1999
Macomb Daily JournalMacomb1868–1899
Macomb IndependentMacomb1870–1880
The Journal of InformationBushnell1872–1999
The Illinois GrangerMacomb1873–1879
The Blandinsville EraBlandinsville1875–1999
The GleanerBushnell1876–1999
The McDonough DemocratBlandinsville1878–1899
Colchester IndependentColchester1880–1979
Bushnell RecordBushnell1882–1940
McDonough DemocratBushnell1884–?
The Macomb TimesMacomb1888–?
Macomb Daily JournalMacomb1894–1988
Blandinsville Star-GazetteBlandinsville1900–1977
The Adair Weekly BeaconAdair1900–1933
The Macomb Daily By-StanderMacomb1904–1925
Colchester Daily IndependentColchester1912–1999
The Industry PressIndustry1916–1999
The McDonough NewsMacomb1929–1939
The McDonough TimesMacomb1932–1937
Adair Weekly BeaconAdair1935–1999
The McDonough County TimesMacomb1937–1952
The GoodhoperGood Hope1941–1977
The Colchester ChronicleColchester1951–1962
The McDonough TimesMacomb1952–1999
The Colchester ChronicleColchester1975–1999
Blandinsville Star-GazetteBlandinsville1979–?
Macomb JournalMacomb1988–?
Macomb EagleMacomb1999–?
ChronicleColchester2000–2001
Industry Weekly PressIndustry?–

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

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

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bailey, William S., HouseMacombBuilding2012
King, Moses, Brick and Tile WorksColchesterDistrict2001
Kleinkopf, Clarence, Round BarnColchesterBuilding1982
Lamoine HotelMacombBuilding2010
Macomb Courthouse Square historic DistrictMacombDistrict2013
McDonough County CourthouseMacombBuilding1972
Welling-Everly Horse BarnAdairBuilding1985
Western Illinois State Normal School BuildingMacombBuilding1998

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mcdonough was formed in 1826 (1826-01-25) from unknown / original county.

McDONOUGH created from Non-County Area 3 attached to SCHUYLER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

37k21k5,3081840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,30820,06927,97028,41227,07426,94428,19928,92837,46732,91327,238

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

120 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 120 listed
NameLatLon
Aberghast Pearce Cemetery40.56514-90.59749
Anderson and Huff Cemetery40.55462-90.81596
Archer - Bethel Cemetery40.36392-90.75624
Argyle Cemetery40.46309-90.80652
Atkinson Cemetery40.46673-90.78183
Bailey Cemetery40.42612-90.69549
Banks CemeteryNoneNone
Barber Cemetery40.40498-90.77279
Bardolph Cemetery40.49809-90.56957
Bardolph Old CemeteryNoneNone
Bean Cemetery40.43717-90.773
BeckelhymerNoneNone
Bethel Baptist Cemetery40.3392-90.73179
Bowman Cemetery40.30115-90.63151
Brooking Cemetery40.51809-90.67124
Bushnell Cemetery40.54742-90.49296
Camp Creek Cemetery40.36698-90.64708
Central Cemetery40.4978-90.89518
Chapel Cemetery40.59595-90.90494
Chockley Cemetery40.29669-90.53163
Clark-Evans-Woods CemeteryNoneNone
Claybough Cemetery40.31861-90.61394
Cost Cemetery40.31901-90.73274
Craig Cemetery40.37098-90.61097
Crossroads Cemetery40.30037-90.5919
Dennis Cemetery40.29226-90.47984
Doddsville Cemetery40.28571-90.65034
Drowing Fork CemeteryNoneNone
Duncan Cemetery40.55024-90.90115
Dunkard Cemetery40.32892-90.7829
Dunsworth Cemetery40.35342-90.77368
Dye CemeteryNoneNone
Family CemeteryNoneNone
Forest Lawn Cemetery40.45253-90.71929
Foster Point Cemetery40.3582-90.46875
Friendship Cemetery40.46038-90.88172
Gibson Cemetery40.36689-90.77509
Glade City Cemetery40.55777-90.86488
Good Hope Cemetery40.5656-90.67059
Gunning Cemetery40.30504-90.70151
Guy Cemetery40.50056-90.75708
Hageman Cemetery40.58601-90.58822
Hainline CemeteryNoneNone
Hamilton Cemetery40.54474-90.6417
Harris Cemetery40.36356-90.44907
Harris CemeteryNoneNone
Hays CemeteryNoneNone
Head CemeteryNoneNone
Herron CemeteryNoneNone
Hickory Grove Cemetery40.60527-90.63731
Hills Grove Cemetery40.38637-90.89043
Hillsborough Cemetery40.60081-90.88554
Hoagland CemeteryNoneNone
Hutchinson Cemetery40.37578-90.82855
Industry Cemetery40.33114-90.60544
Jacoby GraveNoneNone
King Tabler CemeteryNoneNone
Lansdown CemeteryNoneNone
Larkins Cemetery40.63079-90.60844
Liberty Cemetery40.57944-90.86034
Lower Cemetery40.39809-90.81596
Miler Grave40.37003-90.76651
Miles Cemetery40.31601-90.47562
Moore Cemetery40.36703-90.55587
Mound Cemetery40.50395-90.46682
Mound Chapel Cemetery40.49123-90.50431
Mount Auburn Cemetery40.43466-90.79837
Mourning Cemetery40.46087-90.88235
Murray GraveNoneNone
Mustain Cemetery40.6027-90.86337
Naylor CemeteryNoneNone
Nayor CemeteryNoneNone
Neece Cemetery40.39753-90.78985
Nubbin Ridge CemeteryNoneNone
Oakwood Cemetery40.47073-90.66782
Old Bedford Cemetery40.6385-90.89393
Old Catholic Cemetery40.45531-90.71401
Old Macomb Cemetery40.46412-90.69542
Old Macomb Cemetery40.46392-90.69568
Old Plymoth CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Hills Grove40.38921-90.87069
Little Ireland40.49393-90.72374
Ragtown40.44921-90.81013
Spring Creek Settlement40.5381-90.77652
Stewardsville40.30754-90.58235

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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