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Morgan County, Illinois

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61newspaper titles
0digitized titles
11historic places
1800earliest paper
1823formed
32,915pop. 2020
143cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 61 newspaper titles published in Morgan 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 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Jacksonville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Morgan

Library of Congress
61 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Jacksonville JournalJacksonville1800–1869
Jacksonville Weekly JournalJacksonville1800–1999
The Jacksonville Weekly JournalJacksonville1800–1889
Illinois PatriotJacksonville1831–1899
The Jacksonville BannerJacksonville1832–1833
The Jacksonville Banner and Morgan County AdvertiserJacksonville1832–1899
Illinois State Gazette and Jacksonville NewsJacksonville1834–1839
The Jacksonville NewsJacksonville1834–1834
Liberty's SentinelJacksonville1835–1899
The IllinoianJacksonville1837–1899
Illinois StandardJacksonville, Naples1838–1838
Illinois DemocratJacksonville1840–1899
Illinois StatesmanJacksonville1843–1844
The Jackson StandardJacksonville1845–1899
ConstitutionistJacksonville1852–1859
Jacksonville ConstitutionistJacksonville1852–1899
The Daily ConstitutionistJacksonville1854–1855
The Jacksonville Daily ConstitutionistJacksonville1854–1854
Illinois SentinelJacksonville1855–1857
The Jacksonville SentinelJacksonville1857–1861
Jacksonville ReviewJacksonville1861–?
The Jacksonville DispatchJacksonville1861–?
Business College RegisterJacksonville1866–?
Daily Jacksonville JournalJacksonville1866–1869
The Jacksonville SentinelJacksonville1866–1868
The Jacksonville Weekly SentinelJacksonville1868–1870
The Daily JournalJacksonville1869–1874
The IndependentJacksonville1869–1999
Illinois Daily CourierJacksonville1870–1893
Illinois Weekly CourierJacksonville1870–1893
Jacksonville JournalJacksonville1870–1879
The Deaf-Mute AdvanceJacksonville1870–1897
The Jacksonville SentinelJacksonville1870–1872
Illinois SentinelJacksonville1872–1879
Jacksonville JournalJacksonville1874–1878
Illinois Tri-Weekly CourierJacksonville1876–1999
The Evening EnterpriseJacksonville1876–1899
The HeraldJacksonville1877–1899
The Daily JournalJacksonville1878–1879
The Jacksonville Daily JournalJacksonville1879–1883
The Jacksonville JournalJacksonville1880–1899
Daily Jacksonville EagleJacksonville1882–1999
The Daily Jacksonville JournalJacksonville1883–1887
The Jacksonville Daily JournalJacksonville1887–1982
The College GreetingsJacksonville1890–1940
The Meredosia NewsMeredosia1890–1906
Daily Illinois CourierJacksonville1893–1912
The Chapin RecordChapin1897–1999
Central Illinois DemocratJacksonville1899–1999
Jacksonville CourierJacksonville1900–1982
The FarmJacksonville1900–1999
The FarmJacksonville1900–1935
Journal-EnterpriseWaverly1905–1919
The Meredosia BudgetMeredosia1905–2001
Jacksonville CourierJacksonville1912–1999
Jacksonville CourierJacksonville1915–?
The Macmurray College GreetingsJacksonville1940–1999
Jacksonville Journal CourierJacksonville1983–?
The EnterpriseWaverly?–
The Franklin TimesFranklin?–
The Jacksonville TribuneJacksonville?–

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

5 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ayers Bank BuildingJacksonvilleBuilding1986
Beecher Hall, Illinois CollegeJacksonvilleBuilding1974
Duncan, Joseph, HouseJacksonvilleBuilding1971
Grierson, Gen. Benjamin Henry, HouseJacksonvilleBuilding1980
Jacksonville Downtown Historic DistrictJacksonvilleDistrict2018
Jacksonville Historic DistrictJacksonvilleDistrict1978
Jacksonville Historic District (Additional Documentation, Boundary Increase)JacksonvilleDistrict2014
Jacksonville Labor TempleJacksonvilleBuilding1980
Jacksonville Public LibraryJacksonvilleBuilding2000
Morgan County CourthouseJacksonvilleBuilding1986
Woodlawn FarmJacksonvilleBuilding2007

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Morgan was formed in 1823 (1823-01-31) from Sangamon.

MORGAN created from SANGAMON and Non-County Area 2 attached to GREENE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

38k25k13k18301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
12,71419,54722,11231,51435,00633,56736,37835,56836,57137,50236,61632,915

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

143 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 143 listed
NameLatLon
Allison Cemetery39.70327-90.3582
Angel Cemetery39.83064-90.31432
Antioch Cemetery39.75141-90.10275
Arcadia Cemetery39.84362-90.24924
Asbury Cemetery39.66543-90.17659
Augustine Cemetery39.79872-90.51604
Berea Cemetery39.82026-90.04205
Bethel Cemetery39.57171-90.27842
Bull Cemetery39.53848-90.08881
Burrus Cemetery39.87073-90.42557
Caldwell Cemetery39.7752-90.30099
Calvary Cemetery39.71292-90.25061
Campbell Cemetery39.7101-90.37149
Chapin Cemetery39.76421-90.3554
Charles Schlicker Cemetery39.83588-90.46624
College Hill CemeteryNoneNone
Concord Cemetery39.81534-90.38691
Conlee Cemetery39.53421-89.95871
Craig Burrows Cemetery39.65409-90.15737
Crawford CemeteryNoneNone
Criswell Cemetery39.58768-90.08398
Crum Cemetery39.87338-90.28179
Crum John W CemeteryNoneNone
Dalton CemeteryNoneNone
Daniel Holmes Cemetery39.68761-90.18233
Davis Cemetery39.61454-90.14392
Diamond Grove Cemetery39.7106-90.25051
Dodd CemeteryNoneNone
Dorr CemeteryNoneNone
Drury C J CemeteryNoneNone
Duer Land CemeteryNoneNone
Duncan Family FamilyNoneNone
Dunlap CemeteryNoneNone
Ebenezer Cemetery39.7856-90.25512
Edwards-Scott CemeteryNoneNone
Fanning Ollie Cemetery39.55461-90.08147
Flinn Cemetery39.85505-90.03372
Franklin Cemetery39.61665-90.04603
Grace Cemetery39.80354-90.43406
Graham Cemetery39.85449-90.4679
Gunn Cemetery39.52951-90.22827
Hamilton Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Harts Prairie Cemetery39.52962-90.09297
Hazel Green Cemetery39.78147-90.21453
Hebron Cemetery39.80671-90.12067
Heffner Cemetery39.8706-90.41207
Hemminghaus Cemetery39.81761-90.449
Henderson - McFadden Cemetery39.84818-90.23888
Henry Cemetery39.59963-90.16455
Hoag Cemetery39.66476-90.17354
Hodges Cemetery39.81525-90.50609
Houston Cemetery39.86976-90.40861
Immanuel East CemeteryNoneNone
Immanuel North CemeteryNoneNone
Immanuel South CemeteryNoneNone
Isaac Reeve Memorial CemeteryNoneNone
Jacksonville East Cemetery39.73893-90.21345
James Farm Robert CemeteryNoneNone
Johnson Barbara CemeteryNoneNone
Johnson U J CemeteryNoneNone
Jones Cemetery39.56838-90.03789
Jones Nancy Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Jordan W S CemeteryNoneNone
Joy CemeteryNoneNone
Kiel Cemetery39.85132-90.53394
Kirkman CemeteryNoneNone
Leeper CemeteryNoneNone
Lewis Cemetery39.65756-90.25825
Liberty Cemetery39.73864-90.32812
Liter Cemetery39.86359-90.18707
Liter Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Little York Cemetery39.64038-89.97036
Luken Cemetery39.67602-89.99774
Lurton CemeteryNoneNone
Lynnville Cemetery39.6913-90.3378
Massey Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Mathews John CemeteryNoneNone
Mathews Richard CemeteryNoneNone
Memorial Lawn Cemetery39.67167-90.22732
Morgan City Cemetery39.75779-90.43075
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Appalokia39.59033-89.98789
Brownton39.76366-90.19123
Davis39.67949-90.21845
Jordanville39.8581-90.09762
Morgan City39.76393-90.42929
Savage39.78144-90.21095

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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