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Randolph County, Illinois

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31newspaper titles

0digitized titles

18historic places

1800earliest paper

1795formed

30,163pop. 2020

50cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 31 newspaper titles published in Randolph 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 18 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Prairie du Rocher, Chester, Campbell Hill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Randolph

Library of Congress

31 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Chester Clarion	Chester	1800–1896
The Evansville Enterprise	Evansville	1800–1969
The Illinois Herald	Kaskaskia	1814–1819
The Illinois Intelligencer	Vandalia, Kaskaskia	1818–1832
Kaskaskia Republican	Kaskaskia	1824–1826
Illinois Reporter	Kaskaskia	1826–1827
Kaskaskia Democrat	Kaskaskia	1830–1831
The Columbus Herald	Sparta	1839–1840
Kaskaskia Republican	Kaskaskia	1840–1849
Chester Reveille and Southern Illinois Advertiser	Chester	1847–1848
Chester Reveille and Homestead Advocate	Chester	1848–1849
Chester Herald and Commercial Advertiser	Chester	1849–1850
The Chester Reveille	Chester	1849–1850
Herald and Press	Chester	1850–1899
The Chester Herald	Chester	1850–1859
Independent Spartan	Sparta	1853–1899
Chester Picket Guard	Chester	1862–1899
Egyptian Picket Guard	Chester	1862–1869
Chester Tribune	Chester	1872–1922
The Daily Tribune	Chester	1894–1894
The Argonaut	Sparta	1896–1909
The Democrat		1905–?
Chester Herald-Tribune	Chester	1922–1964
The Chester Press	Chester	1928–1999
Menard Time	Menard	1934–1942
Menard Time	Menard	1949–?
Coulterville Republican	Coulterville	1957–1958
The Coulterville News	Coulterville	1958–1999
The County Journal	Percy	1980–?
The Chester Herald	Chester	?–
The Daily Plaindealer	Sparta	?–

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

7 of 18 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

18 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Charter Oak Schoolhouse	Schuline	Building	1978
Creole House	Prairie du Rocher	Building	1973
Fort de Chartres NHL	Prairie du Rocher	Site	1966
French Colonial Historic District	Prairie du Rocher	District	1974
Kolmer Site	Prairie du Rocher	Site	1974
Mary's River Covered Bridge	Chester	Structure	1974
Menard, Pierre, House NHL	Ellis Grove	Building	1970
Modoc Rock Shelter NHL	Modoc	Site	1966
Old Fire Station	Chester	Building	2018
Piney Creek Site	Campbell Hill	Site	2001
Piney Creek South Site	Campbell Hill	Site	2001
Piney Creek West Site	Campbell Hill	Site	2001
Red Bud Historic District	Red Bud	District	1979
Shiloh College	Shiloh Hill	Building	2005
Sparta Historic District	Sparta	District	1982
Tegtmeyer Site	Campbell Hill	Site	2001
Weinrich, Christian F.	Chester	Building	2018
Weister, Frederick, House	Chester	Building	2018

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Randolph was formed in 1795 (1795-10-05) from St.

RANDOLPH created by the Northwest Territory from ST. CLAIR.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Randolph County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,103	3,492	7,944	17,205	25,690	28,001	29,109	33,608	31,673	29,988	35,652	33,893	30,163

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

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

Cemeteries — 50 of 50 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Baldwin Cemetery	38.19574	-89.84654
Brown Cemetery	37.8309	-89.67456
Caledonia Cemetery	38.12758	-89.68019
Cemetery	38.08801	-89.72117
Draves Cemetery	37.89516	-89.72913
Ebenezer Cemetery	37.85885	-89.68042
Emery Cemetery	37.89723	-89.68987
Evergreen Cemetery	37.91709	-89.82695
Frazer Cemetery	37.86931	-89.74366
Fulford Cemetery	37.8878	-89.71511
Gillespie Cemetery	37.94393	-89.62704
Grah Cemetery	37.89318	-89.73052
Hill Prairie Cemetery	38.18282	-89.74037
Hindman Cemetery	37.84754	-89.7101
Hughes Cemetery	38.03478	-89.82504
Jordan Grove Cemetery	38.20252	-89.79217
Kaskaskia Cemetery	37.91838	-89.93399
Kelly Cemetery	38.09615	-89.90655
Kirk Cemetery	37.86021	-89.7437
Lessley Cemetery	38.1636	-89.79254
Lively Cemetery	38.11921	-89.77148
Mann Cemetery	37.96401	-89.83587
McCormick Cemetery	38.05648	-89.88541
Mill Creek Cemetery	37.91754	-89.68871
Moore Cemetery	37.86731	-89.72513
Mount Summit Cemetery	37.8909	-89.68382
Nelson Cemetery	38.15382	-90.00412
Paradise Cemetery	37.97393	-89.73176
Peace Lutheran Cemetery	38.01801	-89.65874
Percy Village Cemetery	38.0132	-89.63058
Preston Cemetery	38.10394	-89.86588
Ralls Cemetery	38.21012	-89.92807
Reid Cemetery	37.84393	-89.7026
Saint Boniface Cemetery	38.08977	-89.92232
Saint John Cemetery	38.13499	-89.97078
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	37.93212	-89.82266
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery	38.21232	-90.01174
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.18032	-89.85149
Saint Marys Cemetery	37.92366	-89.82093
Saint Peter Cemetery	38.21254	-90.0076
Saint Peters Cemetery	38.08852	-89.9251
Saint Pius Cemetery	38.08581	-89.85067
Schmoll Cemetery	38.16609	-89.8622
Spitz Bilgere Cemetery	38.21457	-89.84151
Stipe Cemetery	38.03269	-89.89609
Stoker Cemetery	37.99754	-89.61148
Tilden City Cemetery	38.20888	-89.67508
Tindall Cemetery	37.87435	-89.73737
Woods Cemetery	37.8535	-89.72571
Zion Cemetery	38.00475	-89.77318

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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