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Ogle County, Illinois

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32newspaper titles

0digitized titles

29historic places

1800earliest paper

1836formed

51,788pop. 2020

88cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 32 newspaper titles published in Ogle 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 29 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Polo, Oregon, Rochelle.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Ogle

Library of Congress

32 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Forreston Journal	Forreston	1800–1872
Independent Watchman	Mount Morris	1855–1899
The Lane Leader	Lane, Rochelle	1858–1859
The Lane Leader	Lane, Rochelle	1858–1859
The Lane Register	Lane, Rochelle	1863–1865
The Lane Register	Lane, Rochelle	1863–1865
Forreston Weekly Journal	Forreston	1872–1899
The Creston Times	Creston	1872–1881
The Byron News	Byron	1874–1899
The Daily Register	Rochelle	1874–1899
Daily Ogle County Reporter	Oregon	1875–1882
The Forreston Herald	Forreston	1875–1999
The Brethren at Work	Lanark, Mount Morris	1876–?
The Byron Times	Byron	1876–1899
The Davis Junction Enterprise	Davis Junction	1876–1899
The Leaf River Enterprise	Leaf River	1881–1999
The Byron Express	Byron	1882–1999
The Creston Observer	Creston	1887–1999
Independent-Democrat	Oregon	1888–1900
Leaf River Mirror	Leaf River	1891–1999
The Local-Advocate	Oregon	1893–1893
The Daily Oregon	Oregon	1895–1999
The Byron Record	Byron	1899–1999
The Constitution-Democrat	Mount Morris, Oregon	1900–1902
Byron Tribune	Byron	1934–1969
Leaf River Register	Leaf River	1935–1969
Hub City Leader	Rochelle	1938–1999
The Herald	Mount Morris	1941–1999
G.B.U. Reporter	Mount Morris, Pittsburgh	1958–?
The Life	Rochelle	1970–1971
The Creston Observer	Creston	2002–2003
Forreston Journal	Forreston	?–

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

19 of 29 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

29 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Aplington, Zenas, House	Polo	Building	2017
Barber, Bryant H. and Lucie, House	Polo	Building	1993
Barber, Henry D., House	Polo	Building	1974
Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln	Polo	Structure	2002
Buffalo Township Public Library	Polo	Building	1995
Burns, Dr. William, House	Polo	Building	2018
Chana School	Oregon	Building	2005
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Depot	Oregon	Building	1997
City and Town Hall	Rochelle	Building	1992
Deere, John, House and Shop NHL	Grand Detour	Building	1966
Flagg Township Public Library	Rochelle	Building	1973
Hitt, Samuel M., House	Mount Morris	Building	1985
Holcomb, William H., House	Rochelle	Building	1973
Indian Statue	Oregon	Object	2009
McGrath, John, House	Polo	Building	1996
Moats, William, Farm	Ashton	Building	1987
Mount Morris Downtown Historic District	Mount Morris	District	2022
Ogle County Courthouse	Oregon	Building	1981
Oregon Commercial Historic District	Oregon	District	2006
Oregon Public Library	Oregon	Building	2003
Pinehill	Oregon	Building	1978
Polo Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 197	Polo	Building	2004
Rochelle Downtown Historic District	Rochelle	District	2018
Soldier's Monument	Byron	Object	1985
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church	Grand Detour	Building	2026
Stillman's Run Battle Site	Stillman Valley	Site	1983
Village of Davis Junction Town Hall	Davis Junction	Building	2008
Watson, David and Julia, House	Polo	Building	2017
White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins	Mount Morris	Building	1985

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ogle was formed in 1836 (1836-01-16) from Jo Daviess.

OGLE created from JO DAVIESS and Non-County Area 8 attached to LA SALLE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,479	22,888	29,937	29,129	26,830	29,869	33,429	38,106	46,338	51,032	51,788

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

88 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 88 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adeline Cemetery	42.14354	-89.49427
Ballard Cemetery	None	None
Battle Ground Cemetery	None	None
Beach Cemetery	42.07848	-89.13004
Bethel - Hayes Cemetery	42.00692	-89.08509
Big Mound Cemetery	42.07948	-89.10918
Brick Church Cemetery	41.97397	-89.66739
Brooklyn Cemetery	None	None
Brookville Cemetery	None	None
Brookville Township Cemetery	42.0453	-89.67594
Buffalo Grove Cemetery	41.97941	-89.59192
Byron Cemetery	42.1312	-89.25152
Camling Cemetery	42.08802	-89.37427
Cedar Hill Cemetery	42.01576	-89.42401
Chambers Grove Cemetery	42.08991	-89.68416
Chaney Cemetery	42.05223	-89.16317
Chapel Hill Cemetery	41.93122	-89.24909
Clark Cemetery	None	None
Coffman Cemetery	42.17307	-89.52066
Cooley Cemetery	41.96913	-89.17467
County Farm Cemetery	41.99187	-89.33271
Crowell Cemetery	None	None
Daysville Cemetery	41.97438	-89.31808
Doughty Farm Cemetery	None	None
Driscoll Cemetery	None	None
Eagle Point Cemetery	41.99572	-89.68531
Ebenezer Cemetery	42.05735	-89.27788
Egan Cemetery	42.18057	-89.40566
Egbert Cemetery	None	None
Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery	42.02636	-89.20716
Evergreen Cemetery	41.94464	-89.49394
Fairmount Cemetery	41.99981	-89.57684
Flagg Center Cemetery	41.93982	-89.12946
Forreston Grove Cemetery	42.11626	-89.62847
Grand Detour Cemetery	41.90198	-89.41171
Haldane Cemetery	42.06929	-89.57057
Hathaway Cemetery	None	None
Hounsell Farm Cemetery	None	None
Jacob Good Farm Cemetery	None	None
John H White Cemetery	None	None
Kilbuck Cemetery	42.12249	-89.04186
Lawnridge Cemetery	41.92752	-89.08059
Lighthouse Cemetery	41.94623	-89.30188
Lightsville Cemetery	42.14456	-89.40796
Lindenwood Cemetery	42.05022	-89.03561
Linn Cemetery	None	None
Monroe Center Cemetery	42.10018	-89.00472
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	42.02596	-89.20633
Mount Zion Cemetery	41.99293	-89.40406
Mouth of Stilman Cemetery	None	None
Nichols Cemetery	41.96971	-89.64999
North Grove Christian Cemetery	42.18135	-89.43553
North Grove Evangelical Cemetery	42.15863	-89.43455
North Grove Zion Reformed Cemetery	42.17234	-89.54001
Oak Ridge Cemetery	41.93798	-89.41603
Oakwood Cemetery	42.04806	-89.45784
Patrick Farm Cemetery	None	None
Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery	41.95403	-89.47541
Plainview Cemetery	42.04267	-89.437
Porter Cemetery	42.08579	-88.96787
Prairie Dell Cemetery	42.17187	-89.64866
Reed Cemetery	41.97313	-89.61093
Rice Cemetery	None	None
Riverside Cemetery	42.0178	-89.33093
Riverview Cemetery	42.02761	-89.34027
Robert Fisher Cemetery	None	None
Roseland Cemetery	42.10868	-88.95354
Saint Mary's Cemetery	41.99779	-89.57789
Saint Mary's Cemetery	42.00342	-89.37685
Saint Mary's Cemetery	42.12484	-89.27402
Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery	41.91304	-89.05687
Silver Creek Cemetery	42.0928	-89.40866
Smith Cemetery	None	None
Stillman Valley Cemetery	42.11252	-89.17871
Stinsonian Cemetery	42.02367	-89.21779
Stocking Cemetery	None	None
Trinity Memory Gardens	41.94925	-89.06056
Walt Smith Farm Cemetery	None	None
Washington Grove Cemetery	41.93196	-89.25654
Webster Cemetery	41.96149	-89.65209

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Vanland	42.14336	-88.96566

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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