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Washington County, Illinois

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

1newspaper titles

0digitized titles

3historic places

1876earliest paper

1818formed

13,761pop. 2020

100cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 1 newspaper title published in Washington County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1876. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Okawville, Nashville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Washington

Library of Congress

1 newspaper title

Title	Place	Years
The Ashley Gazette	Ashley	1876–1899

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

2 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Louisville and Nashville Depot	Nashville	Building	1985
Original Springs Hotel and Bathhouse	Okawville	Building	1978
Schlosser, Frank, Complex	Okawville	Building	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Washington was formed in 1818 (1818-01-02) from St.

WASHINGTON created by Illinois Territory from ST. CLAIR.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Washington County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,517	4,810	13,731	21,112	19,526	18,035	15,801	14,460	13,569	15,472	15,148	13,761

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 100 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ashley Cemetery	38.32852	-89.20353
Bassey-Miller Cemetery	None	None
Beaucoup Cemetery	38.34615	-89.2948
Bethel Cemetery	38.31032	-89.33202
Biddleborn Evangelical Cemetery	None	None
Brick Cemetery	38.33729	-89.15889
Cemetery	38.43534	-89.27405
Chapel Hill Cemetery	38.22953	-89.23116
Crystal Cemetery	None	None
Darter Cemetery	None	None
Ebenezer Cemetery	38.40896	-89.5858
Elkton Cemetery	38.29172	-89.54714
Elmwood Cemetery	None	None
Evangelical Cemetery	None	None
Evangelical Zions Cemetery	None	None
Fairview Cemetery	None	None
Franklin Cemetery	None	None
George Cemetery	None	None
Grand Point Cemetery	38.41945	-89.17204
Greenwood Cemetery	38.34088	-89.37258
Halen Lutheran Cemetery	None	None
Harres Cemetery	38.4956	-89.22674
Harrymans Cemetery	38.42488	-89.60705
Hoyleton Evangelical Cemetery	None	None
Hoyleton Village Cemetery	None	None
Husemann Cemetery	38.39696	-89.57364
Immanual Lutheran Cemetery	None	None
Independent Order of Odd Fellows	None	None
Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery	38.44571	-89.56216
Irvington Cemetery	38.42712	-89.16422
Joliff Cemetery	None	None
Kennedy Cemetery	38.34226	-89.33952
Kinyon Cemetery	38.38199	-89.56397
Kinyon Cemetery	None	None
Kleiman Cemetery	None	None
Laney Baptist Cemetery	None	None
Liberty Cemetery	38.33426	-89.23787
Little Prairie Cemetery	None	None
Livelt Grove Cemetery	None	None
Lively Cemetery	38.44893	-89.41397
Lively Grove Cemetery	None	None
Locust Cemetery	None	None
Locust Creek Cemetery	38.30661	-89.40057
Logan Cemetery	38.3447	-89.17855
Long Grave Cemetery	None	None
Lutheran Trinty Cemetery	None	None
Masonic Cemetery	None	None
Maxwell Cemetery	38.24489	-89.48048
McBride Cemetery	None	None
McKenzie Cemetery	None	None
Miller Cemetery	38.42115	-89.6302
Minson Cemetery	None	None
Nashville Cemetery	None	None
Neunlist Cemetery	38.38827	-89.51317
New Minden Cemetery	None	None
North Prairie Cemetery	38.42717	-89.33043
Oak Grove Cemetery	38.25939	-89.41701
Oakdale Cemetery	38.25236	-89.54775
Oelzweig Cemetery	None	None
Old Concord Cemetery	38.22227	-89.37619
Old Salem Cemetery	38.26287	-89.68088
Old Salem Cemetery	None	None
Old Zion Cemetery	38.39076	-89.48684
Olive Branch Cemetery	38.44317	-89.49198
Pilot Knob Cemetery	38.21998	-89.46281
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	38.37594	-89.28263
Plum Hill Cemetery	None	None
Posen Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Saint Ann Cemetery	38.34279	-89.36512
Saint Anthony Cemetery	None	None
Saint Barbara Catholic Cemetery	38.45772	-89.53728
Saint Barbars Cemetery	None	None
Saint Charles Cemetery	38.22025	-89.19884
Saint Damian Cemetery	38.3406	-89.62537
Saint John United Church of Christ Cemetery	38.38544	-89.65277
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.3594	-89.50831
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.44381	-89.36983
Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	None	None
Saint Lukes Cemetery	38.45376	-89.43761
Saint Marys Magdlene Cemetery	None	None

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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