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Schuyler County, Illinois

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2newspaper titles

0digitized titles

2historic places

1839earliest paper

1825formed

6,902pop. 2020

125cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 2 newspaper titles published in Schuyler County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1839. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1985. Most listings are in or near Rushville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Schuyler

Library of Congress

2 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
Illinois Republican	Rushville	1839–1849
Camden City Register	Camden	1896–?

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.

18301879192819772026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Phoenix Opera House Block	Rushville	Building	1985
White Oak Hall	Rushville	Building	2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Schuyler was formed in 1825 (1825-01-13) from Fulton, Pike.

SCHUYLER created from FULTON, PIKE, and Non-County Area 3 attached to PIKE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,959	6,972	14,684	16,249	16,129	13,285	11,430	9,613	8,746	8,365	7,189	6,902

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 125 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abraham Bell Cemetery	None	None
Ada Downer Grave	None	None
Adams Cemetery	39.9846	-90.5839
Adams Cemetery	40.26837	-90.45456
Bader Cemetery	40.16587	-90.37567
Bates Cemetery	40.14893	-90.32817
Bauer Cemetery	40.22788	-90.55622
Beghtol Cemetery	40.2567	-90.46151
Bell Cemetery	40.04171	-90.50068
Bellomy Cemetery	40.09811	-90.44487
Bethany Cemetery	40.19567	-90.58212
Blackburn Cemetery	40.25001	-90.74493
Blacks Cemetery	40.10586	-90.56154
Bluff City Cemetery	40.18349	-90.23399
Boling Cemetery	40.09131	-90.49207
Brooklyn Cemetery	40.22897	-90.76554
Browning Cemetery	40.14512	-90.37034
Burnsides Cemetery	40.08388	-90.53454
Burress Cemetery	40.21837	-90.4654
Campbell Cemetery (historical)	None	None
Christian Neck Cemetery	40.17647	-90.46701
Clark Cemetery	40.04149	-90.51998
Cooney Cemetery	40.11423	-90.53359
County Home Cemetery	None	None
Cox Cemetery	40.24961	-90.78275
Dark Cemetery	None	None
Davenport Cemetery	40.25532	-90.88874
Davis Cemetery	40.15975	-90.51097
Davis Cemetery	40.02458	-90.55508
Day Cemetery	None	None
DeCounter Cemetery	None	None
Dron Cemetery	40.22056	-90.88887
Eades Cemetery	40.10948	-90.50706
Ebenezer Cemetery	40.07531	-90.53873
Edgar Cemetery	40.14421	-90.4429
Edward Davis Grave	None	None
Elizabeth Hatfield Grave	None	None
Farwell Cemetery	40.21826	-90.85721
France Cemetery	40.26901	-90.45546
Gailord Cemetery (historical)	None	None
Gapen Cemetery	None	None
Gay Cemetery	40.17891	-90.54909
George Everett Cemetery	None	None
Gillenwater Cemetery	40.14143	-90.53679
Gillespie Cemetery	40.13116	-90.81151
Gillette Cemetery	40.06477	-90.49207
Good Hope Cemetery	40.15343	-90.49008
Gorsuch Cemetery	40.20198	-90.45762
Gray Cemetery	40.13519	-90.71886
Greenlief Cemetery	40.11115	-90.68151
Hale Cemetery	40.16707	-90.661
Harris Cemetery	40.18032	-90.40817
Hawkins Cemetery	40.22741	-90.87867
Herche Cemetery	40.04505	-90.6213
Hosmer Cemetery	40.07554	-90.52062
Houston Cemetery	40.20508	-90.54754
Howell Cemetery	40.02533	-90.56985
Hughes Cemetery	40.14621	-90.64668
Huntsville Cemetery	40.18023	-90.86051
Jackson Cemetery	40.04415	-90.55686
Joey Eaton Grave	40.19797	-90.80376
Jones Cemetery	40.17239	-90.30489
Jonte Cemetery	40.03461	-90.58166
Kimble Cemetery	None	None
King Cemetery	40.16536	-90.78384
King Cemetery	40.18158	-90.86608
Krohe Cemetery	40.02151	-90.54506
Langford Cemetery	39.99299	-90.57847
Lawler Cemetery	40.04984	-90.53282
Littleton Cemetery	40.23662	-90.62208
Lynn Cemetery	40.11525	-90.7078
Macum Cemetery	None	None
Marchant Cemetery	40.06255	-90.45624
Markee Cemetery	40.24656	-90.82176
Marlow Cemetery	40.14097	-90.73136
McHatton Cemetery	40.15236	-90.76769
McNew Cemetery	None	None
Mecum Cemetery	40.19696	-90.81416
Messerer Cemetery	40.09046	-90.44836
Milby Cemetery	40.12622	-90.50056

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Hale Ridge	40.18005	-90.64652

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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