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Perry County, Illinois

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15newspaper titles

1digitized titles

3historic places

1800earliest paper

1827formed

20,945pop. 2020

70cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 15 newspaper titles published in Perry County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1800. 1 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1990. Most listings are in or near Du Quoin, Tamaroa, Pinckneyville.

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Newspapers published in Perry

Library of Congress

15 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
Du Quoin Herald	Du Quoin	1800–?
Du Quoin Mining Journal	Du Quoin	1857–1899
The Egyptian Spy	Tamaroa	1859–1899
The Du Quoin Progress	Du Quoin	1865–1899
Du Quoin Recorder	Du Quoin	1866–1867
The Du Quoin Tribune Digitized	Du Quoin	1867–?
Du Quoin Republican	Du Quoin	1871–1899
The Du Quoin Republican	Du Quoin	1871–1899
The Democrat	Pinckneyville	1880–?
The Democrat	Pinckneyville	1880–?
Du Quoin Evening Call	Du Quoin	1897–?
Du Quoin Daily News and Du Quoin Review	Du Quoin	1930–1938
The Advocate	Pinckneyville	1931–1931
Du Quoin Daily News	Du Quoin	1938–1938
Du Quoin News	Du Quoin	1938–1999

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

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Perry. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

The Du Quoin Tribune (du Quoin, Ills. [ill.]) 1867-1925

May 16, 1867 · Du Quoin

“IlLUME DU QUOIN ILLINOIS THURSDAY MORNING MAY NUMBER delinquent Lands and Town Lots fnlowincr is list of Lands and Town Lots reported by ntris Sheriff and exOfficio Collector of the Revenue in fr he…”

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The Du Quoin Tribune (du Quoin, Ills. [ill.]) 1867-1925

September 15, 1870 · Du Quoin

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The Du Quoin Tribune (du Quoin, Ills. [ill.]) 1867-1925

September 29, 1870 · Du Quoin

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The Du Quoin Tribune (du Quoin, Ills. [ill.]) 1867-1925

January 5, 1871 · Du Quoin

“Ouoin lit Jail NOTJ mi meeting or the stockholders Mitiin Company will be held in lit Otinin Jan til oclock theiroffita consideration the propriety of muiir nil of measuring or weighing older or the…”

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Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.

On this day

Front pages

No digitized front pages for Perry were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Du Quoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin	District	1990
Paradise Missionary Baptist Church	Tamaroa	Building	2024
Perry County Jail	Pinckneyville	Building	2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Perry was formed in 1827 (1827-01-29) from Jackson, Randolph.

PERRY created from JACKSON and RANDOLPH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,215	3,222	9,552	16,007	19,830	22,901	23,438	21,684	19,184	21,714	23,094	20,945

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

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

Cemeteries — 70 of 70 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	38.14132	-89.25008
Blanchard Cemetery	None	None
Bradley Cemetery	37.99613	-89.51616
Campbell Cemetery	38.1018	-89.31503
Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Chapel Hill Cemetery	None	None
Chapman Cemetery	38.2131	-89.38925
Collins Cemetery	None	None
Concord Cemetery	38.20009	-89.38619
Cottom Cemetery	37.99252	-89.48674
Cottom Cemetery	None	None
County Farm Cemetery	None	None
Cudgetown Cemetery	38.01307	-89.32151
Curlee Cemetery	38.17814	-89.23623
Davis Cemetery	None	None
Denmark Cemetery	None	None
Dry Cemetery	38.04354	-89.33666
DuQuoin Cemetery	None	None
Friendship Cemetery	None	None
Galum Baptist Cemetery	38.08656	-89.50983
Galum Cemetery	38.0856	-89.50673
Galum Presbyerian Cemetery	38.03969	-89.42624
Grasshopper Cemetery	None	None
Greenbrier Cemetery	37.97687	-89.41319
Haggard Cemetery	38.03874	-89.19678
Holts Prairie Cemetery	38.07262	-89.32996
Hopewell Cemetery	38.07508	-89.4656
House Cemetery	38.00008	-89.35022
Huggin Cemetery	None	None
Immaculate Conception Cemetery	38.14054	-89.26012
Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery	38.01782	-89.2273
Jenkins Cemetery (historical)	38.002	-89.53093
Jones Cemetery	38.03843	-89.21462
Kanzlier Cemetery	None	None
Lacy Cemetery	None	None
Lee Cemetery	38.09115	-89.23091
Little Vine Cemetery	None	None
Luther Lyle Cemetery	None	None
McElvain Cemetery	37.99526	-89.28651
Miller Hill Cemetery	None	None
Mueller Hill Cemetery	38.09838	-89.42703
Mulkey Grove Cemetery	None	None
Nine Mile Cemetery	38.06004	-89.27091
Oak Grove Cemetery	None	None
Old Du Quoin Cemetery	37.9742	-89.19857
Paradise Cemetery	38.08327	-89.18276
Perry Cemetery	None	None
Pick Cemetery	38.08282	-89.34882
Pickneyville Cemetery	None	None
Primitive Baptist Cemetery	38.06093	-89.2155
Ross Cemetery	37.9725	-89.30316
Round Prairie Cemetery	38.18515	-89.29969
Sacred Heart Cemetery	38.01377	-89.28405
Saint Barbara Cemetery	None	None
Saint Bruno Cemetery	38.08711	-89.40394
Saint Johns Cemetery	None	None
Saint Joseph Cemetery	38.00032	-89.57731
Saint Mary Magdalen Cemetery	38.2028	-89.36252
Spring Hill Cemetery	38.16915	-89.4928
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery	38.05532	-89.24313
Sutter Cemetery	37.96152	-89.30471
Swanwick Bethel Cemetery	38.16421	-89.52869
Tamaroa Cemetery	38.14647	-89.22507
Tangen Cemetery	37.97216	-89.50739
Tow Cemetery	None	None
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery	38.08519	-89.50934
Vancil Cemetery	37.97978	-89.26624
Weitzel Cemetery (historical)	38.01283	-89.52593
Williams Cemetery	38.11311	-89.20081
Youngblood Cemetery	38.10615	-89.16843

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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