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Richland County, Illinois

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6newspaper titles

0digitized titles

4historic places

1800earliest paper

1841formed

15,813pop. 2020

94cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 6 newspaper titles published in Richland 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 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Olney.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Richland

Library of Congress

6 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
American Banner	Olney	1800–1899
The Daily Mail	Olney	1900–1910
Kingdom Harbinger	Gilbert, Olney	1919–1925
Kingdom Harbinger	Gilbert, Olney	1919–1925
The County Line Commoner	Noble	1985–1989
The County Commoner	Noble	1989–?

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

1 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Elliott Street Historic District	Olney	District	1980
Hopkinson, Ambrose, House	Olney	Building	2001
Larchmound	Olney	Building	1980
Olney Carnegie Library	Olney	Building	2002

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Richland was formed in 1841 (1841-06-07) from Clay, Lawrence.

RICHLAND created from CLAY and LAWRENCE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,012	9,711	15,545	16,391	14,044	17,137	16,889	16,299	17,587	16,149	15,813

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

94 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 94 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Amity Cemetery	38.77671	-87.93614
Antioch Cemetery	38.71697	-87.92701
Antle Cemetery	None	None
Ashcraft Cemetery	None	None
Ashcraft Cemetery	None	None
Barney Cemetery	None	None
Bethel Cemetery	38.61255	-88.09816
Bird Haven Cemetery	None	None
Boggs Cemetery	None	None
Brinkley Cemetery	38.73472	-87.99163
Brooks Cemetery	None	None
Butler Cemetery	None	None
Calhoun Cemetery	38.6581	-88.04586
Carson Cemetery	38.61183	-88.17048
Cemetery	38.75765	-88.07368
Conour Cemetery	None	None
Crest Haven Memorial Park	38.73153	-87.94849
Decker Cemetery	38.6497	-88.21128
Dundas Cemetery	38.83282	-88.0817
Dutch Flat Cemetery	38.66914	-87.96145
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.65737	-88.09722
Elkins Cemetery	None	None
Elston Cemetery	38.73675	-88.17019
Eureka Cemetery	38.68004	-87.96531
Fritschle Cemetery	38.74677	-88.02802
Gallagher Cemetery	38.61429	-88.16708
Goss Cemetery	38.76877	-87.96553
Green Hill Cemetery	38.64728	-88.23309
Hanna Cemetery	38.70683	-88.25336
Haven Hill Cemetery	38.73937	-88.08744
Hedrick Cemetery	None	None
Hickory Hill Cemetery	None	None
Hickory Point Cemetery	None	None
Houser Cemetery	38.76783	-88.1647
Johnson Cemetery	None	None
Jordan Lake Property Cemetery	None	None
Kermicle Cemetery	None	None
Lewis Cemetery	None	None
Liberty Cemetery	38.84312	-88.23585
Liberty Cemetery	None	None
Liberty Lawn Cemetery	38.70102	-88.10265
Maple Dale Cemetery	38.71668	-88.08167
Marshall Cemetery	None	None
Marvel Cemetery	None	None
Marvel Cemetery	None	None
McBurg Cemetery	38.77714	-88.06698
McCullough Cemetery	None	None
McCullough Cemetery	None	None
McMurtry Cemetery	None	None
McMurty Cemetery	None	None
Moore Cemetery	None	None
Moore Cemetery	None	None
Mount Hope Cemetery	38.636	-87.94323
Mount Hope Cemetery	None	None
Mount Olive Cemetery	38.65864	-87.94688
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	38.68744	-87.98531
Noble Prairie Cemetery	38.69876	-88.21507
North Freedom Cemetery	38.74447	-88.23817
Oak Hill Cemetery	38.59267	-88.06393
Old Homestead Cemetery	None	None
Olive Branch Cemetery	38.67063	-88.16726
Oniom Hill Cemetery	None	None
Onion Hill Cemetery	None	None
Otterbein Cemetery	38.63115	-87.97475
Parry Cemetery	38.67497	-88.00621
Pleasant View Cemetery	38.79633	-88.17884
Poff Cemetery	None	None
Poff Cemetery	None	None
Rector Gravesite	None	None
Rector Gravesite Cemetery	None	None
Richland Cemetery	38.65083	-88.06823
Ridgely Cemetery	38.57456	-87.99695
Runyon Cemetery	None	None
Saint Josephs Cemetery	38.72576	-88.06703
Saint Josephs Cemetery	38.80532	-87.98281
Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery	38.84222	-88.03885
Saron Cemetery	38.80638	-88.03303
Shields Cemetery	38.68789	-88.16259
Shiloh Number 1 Cemetery	38.61453	-87.94697
Shiloh Number 2 Cemetery	38.71617	-88.17177

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Fransonia	38.6456	-88.1581
Glenwood	38.69116	-88.27393
Watertown	38.72171	-88.12004
Wilsonburg	38.75977	-88.23893

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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