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Piatt County, Illinois

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21newspaper titles
0digitized titles
6historic places
1860earliest paper
1841formed
16,673pop. 2020
44cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 21 newspaper titles published in Piatt County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1860. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Monticello, Bement.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Piatt

Library of Congress
21 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The ConservativeMonticello1860–1869
Bement UnionBement1861–1899
The Bement CourierBement1866–1899
The Bement RegisterBement1875–1899
Holiday DailyBement1877–1899
Bement IndependentBement1878–1899
The Bement GazetteBement1881–1999
Mansfield ExpressMansfield1887–1999
The Daily IndependentMonticello1889–1899
Bement RegisterBement1890–1979
Mansfield Daily ExpressMansfield1895–1999
The Liberty PressMonticello1900–1999
The Hammond CourierHammond1903–1999
The De Land TribuneDe Land1904–1975
The Cerro Gordo NewsCerro Gordo1908–1987
The Daily RepublicanMonticello1908–1908
The Bull MooseMonticello1912–1912
The Hammond CourierHammond1949–1999
The Bement RecordBement1980–1987
The Atwood HeraldAtwood?–
The Mansfield ExpressMansfield?–

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.

18601901194319842026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allerton, Robert, EstateMonticelloDistrict2007
Bryant, Francis E., HouseBementBuilding2017
Monticello Courthouse Square Historic DistrictMonticelloDistrict2009
North State Street Historic DistrictMonticelloDistrict1998
South Charter Street Historic DistrictMonticelloDistrict2002
Voorhies CastleBementBuilding1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Piatt was formed in 1841 (1841-01-27) from De Witt, Macon.

PIATT created from DE WITT and MACON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Piatt County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

18k9,6561,6061850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,6066,12715,58317,70615,71414,65913,97014,96016,58116,36516,673

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

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

Cemeteries — 44 of 44 listed
NameLatLon
Antioch Cemetery39.85781-88.48962
Argo Cemetery40.16093-88.46649
Ater Cemetery39.98483-88.68526
Bement Cemetery39.95358-88.57293
Blue Ridge Cemetery40.26663-88.55164
Boyer Cemetery40.12604-88.46639
Bucks Pond Cemetery40.06948-88.57284
Camp Creek Cemetery40.0687-88.51619
Cerro Gordo Cemetery39.89722-88.7388
Clover CemeteryNoneNone
County CemeteryNoneNone
Croninger Cemetery39.97373-88.7277
De Land Cemetery40.12618-88.64765
Dillow Family CemeteryNoneNone
Dooley Family CemeteryNoneNone
Dunkard Cemetery40.23766-88.46196
East Frantz Cemetery39.93114-88.69734
Hammond Cemetery39.81288-88.60448
Haneline Cemetery40.01329-88.59558
Ingram Cemetery40.10705-88.5006
Kentuck Cemetery40.05955-88.67833
La Place Cemetery39.81674-88.70707
LaPlace Cemetery39.81697-88.70729
Lake Fork Cemetery39.84226-88.4657
Long CemeteryNoneNone
Mackey Cemetery40.14034-88.50414
Mackville Cemetery39.80725-88.47172
Madden Cemetery40.09961-88.53847
Mallory Cemetery40.13486-88.46479
Mansfield Cemetery40.19408-88.50478
Marquiss Cemetery40.06991-88.59877
Monticello Cemetery40.04485-88.5684
Monticello Cemetery40.04503-88.56811
Moore Cemetery39.82124-88.48221
Morain Cemetery40.07647-88.62245
Mosgrove CemeteryNoneNone
Old Monticello CemeteryNoneNone
Pioneer Cemetery39.98226-88.65285
Robison Cemetery40.03918-88.62178
Ross and Hughes Cemetery40.08448-88.53431
Van Meter CemeteryNoneNone
Warfield Family CemeteryNoneNone
Willow Branch Cemetery39.98104-88.64863
Woolington Cemetery40.0468-88.57991

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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