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Warren County, Illinois

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12newspaper titles
0digitized titles
11historic places
1874earliest paper
1825formed
16,835pop. 2020
60cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 12 newspaper titles published in Warren County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1874. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Monmouth, Alexis.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Warren

Library of Congress
12 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The Alexis JournalAlexis1874–1877
Kirkwood NewsKirkwood1875–1899
Kirkwood EnterpriseKirkwood1878–1999
Kirkwood LeaderKirkwood1880–1999
The Daily GazetteMonmouth1880–1899
The Evening GazetteMonmouth1883–1999
The Daily ReviewMonmouth1888–1888
The AdvanceMonmouth1889–1892
The Evening GazetteMonmouth1896–1904
Daily Review AtlasMonmouth1976–?
Little York EnsignLittle York?–
The Alexis ArgusAlexis?–

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.

18701909194819872026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alexis Opera HouseAlexisBuilding1987
Brewer, May (Carns) and John E., HouseMonmouthBuilding2023
Carr HouseMonmouthBuilding1988
Colwell, E. B., and Company Department StoreMonmouthBuilding1993
Martin, Sarah, HouseMonmouthBuilding1980
Monmouth Courthouse Commercial Historic DistrictMonmouthDistrict2006
Patton Block BuildingMonmouthBuilding1990
Pike-Sheldon HouseMonmouthBuilding1999
Quinby, Ivory, HouseMonmouthBuilding1980
Stewart, Minnie, HouseMonmouthBuilding1989
Weir, William S., Jr., HouseMonmouthBuilding1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warren was formed in 1825 (1825-01-13) from unknown / original county.

WARREN created from Non-County Area 3 attached to PIKE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

23k12k30818301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3086,73918,33622,93323,16321,48821,28621,98121,58721,94318,73516,835

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

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

Cemeteries — 60 of 60 listed
NameLatLon
Archer Avenue CemeteryNoneNone
Asbury Cemetery40.72619-90.71273
Berwick Cemetery40.80238-90.53729
Blood CemeteryNoneNone
Bond Cemetery40.67864-90.55596
Boyd CemeteryNoneNone
Britt CemeteryNoneNone
Cedar Creek Cemetery41.02019-90.72698
Center Grove Cemetery40.87731-90.75977
Colfax CemeteryNoneNone
County Farm Cemetery40.83381-90.65794
Denny CemeteryNoneNone
Edmund CemeteryNoneNone
Ellison CemeteryNoneNone
Firoced Farms CemeteryNoneNone
George Adcock CemeteryNoneNone
Gerlaw Cemetery40.98476-90.59319
Godfrey CemeteryNoneNone
Greenbush Cemetery40.71195-90.54681
Grier CemeteryNoneNone
Henry Adcock CemeteryNoneNone
Hickory Point Cemetery40.84946-90.6909
Holeman Cemetery40.68114-90.472
Holeman Cemetery40.68087-90.47123
Hope Cemetery40.9845-90.45886
Horney Cemetery40.90309-90.49652
Houlton CemeteryNoneNone
Jared CemeteryNoneNone
Lenox Union Cemetery40.81115-90.59041
Little York Cemetery41.01216-90.74496
McMahill Cemetery40.65975-90.55596
Meridians Cemetery40.79762-90.49426
Miles Cemetery40.99115-90.4493
Monmouth City Cemetery40.92108-90.63964
Mosher Cemetery40.96143-90.5543
Murphy CemeteryNoneNone
Ogden Cemetery40.93833-90.53292
Old Coldbrook CemeteryNoneNone
Old Prairie City Cemetery40.62842-90.4566
Patch CemeteryNoneNone
Patterson Cemetery40.89904-90.55345
Pierce Cemetery40.71663-90.55851
Pioneer Cemetery40.91333-90.64145
Pleasant Green Cemetery40.97458-90.78604
Point Pleasant Cemetery40.68337-90.69291
Potter Cemetery41.01688-90.482
Presson CemeteryNoneNone
Ratekin emeteryNoneNone
Roseville Cemetery40.93336-90.62714
Roseville Memorial Cemetery40.73469-90.66908
Saint Mary's Cemetery40.9217-90.64457
Salem Cemetery40.72754-90.73236
Scotchtown CemeteryNoneNone
Silent Home Cemetery40.8599-90.51741
Spring Grove Cemetery41.00837-90.63125
Stice Cemetery40.65353-90.63751
Sugar Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Sugar Tree Grove Cemetery40.95588-90.70855
Terpening Cemetery40.9842-90.51069
Township Cemetery40.76948-90.76847
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Denny40.99476-90.69875
Ellison40.77143-90.76958
New Lancaster40.75504-90.73097
Spring Grove41.00226-90.62958

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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