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Williamson County, Illinois

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34newspaper titles
0digitized titles
5historic places
1855earliest paper
1839formed
67,153pop. 2020
120cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 34 newspaper titles published in Williamson County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1855. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Marion.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Williamson

Library of Congress
34 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Marion IntelligencerMarion1855–1899
The Marion RecordMarion1860–1869
The Marion FlagMarion1867–1879
The Marion Weekly FlagMarion1870–1871
Marion DemocratMarion1874–1874
The Farmers' AdvocateMarion1874–1874
The Marion MonitorMarion1874–1887
The Egyptian PressMarion1875–1999
Marion IndependentMarion1886–1887
The LeaderMarion1887–1999
Marion Daily LeaderMarion1897–1900
The Herrin NewsHerrin1899–1999
Johnston City ProgressJohnston City1900–1971
Marion Weekly LeaderMarion1900–1999
The Marion Daily RepublicanMarion1900–?
The Marion Evening PostMarion1902–1949
The Illinois BaptistMarion1906–1999
La Tribuna ItalianaHerrin1909–1909
The Herrin JournalHerrin1913–1926
Herrin Semi-Weekly HeraldHerrin1924–1999
Herrin Daily JournalHerrin1926–1947
The Egyptian RepublicanHerrin1927–1999
The Egyptian LegionnaireEldorado, Herrin, Murphysboro1929–1999
The Egyptian DemocratMarion, Herrin1936–1939
The Egyptian DemocratHerrin1944–1999
The Marion PostMarion1944–1999
The Daily JournalHerrin1947–1949
Herrin SpokesmanHerrin1957–1971
Illinois DemocratHerrin1961–1963
The Crab Orchard ChronicleCrab Orchard1992–1999
The HeraldJohnston City2004–2009
Creal Springs NewsCreal Springs?–
Marion Semi-Weekly LeaderMarion?–
The Carterville HeraldCarterville?–

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.

18501894193819822026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen, Willis, HouseMarionBuilding1982
Goddard ChapelMarionBuilding1986
Marion Veterans Administration Hospital Historic DistrictMarionDistrict2013
Stotlar, Ed. M., HouseMarionBuilding2002
Williamson County JailMarionBuilding2007

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Williamson was formed in 1839 (1839-08-05) from Franklin.

WILLIAMSON created from FRANKLIN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Williamson County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

67k36k4,4571840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,45712,20519,32427,79661,09251,42448,62146,11756,53861,29667,153

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

120 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 120 listed
NameLatLon
Aikman CemeteryNoneNone
Allen Hunter Cemetery37.78297-88.97462
Allmans CemeteryNoneNone
Arnold Cemetery37.66112-88.79403
Attala CemeteryNoneNone
Attala CemeteryNoneNone
Atwood Cemetery37.65035-88.85785
Bainbridge Cemetery37.73345-88.99343
Bainbridge CemeteryNoneNone
Baker Cemetery37.61254-89.11202
Baker CemeteryNoneNone
Baker Family CemeteryNoneNone
Barter Cemetery37.75015-88.71889
Barter CemeteryNoneNone
Becker Cemetery37.82262-88.88642
Becker CemeteryNoneNone
Bethlehem Cemetery37.73714-88.86887
Bethlehem CemeteryNoneNone
Blair Cemetery37.83021-88.89816
Blair CemeteryNoneNone
Bolton CemeteryNoneNone
Bolton CemeteryNoneNone
Bolton Trammell Cemetery37.61476-88.72172
Boyd Cemetery37.79643-88.94312
Boyd CemeteryNoneNone
Brannon Cemetery37.65143-89.04338
Brannon CemeteryNoneNone
Brannon CemeteryNoneNone
Camp Ground CemeteryNoneNone
Campground Cemetery37.75701-88.96117
Caplinger Cemetery37.70351-88.87795
Caplinger CemeteryNoneNone
Chamness Cemetery37.69949-89.02924
Chamness CemeteryNoneNone
Chitty Cemetery37.61143-89.04285
Chitty CemeteryNoneNone
Chitty Cemetery37.61138-89.04333
Cocke Cemetery37.6031-88.90609
County Line Cemetery37.59748-88.87514
County Line Cemetery37.59759-88.87449
Crab Orchard Cemetery37.67746-88.98467
Creal Springs Cemetery37.62529-88.82862
Cross Road Cemetery37.75634-88.87475
Cross Road CemeteryNoneNone
Cundiff Cemetery37.8118-89.11516
Donelson Cemetery37.63361-88.85896
Drake Cemetery37.60553-88.76837
Duncan Cemetery37.84027-88.93731
Edwards Cemetery37.72897-88.8172
Egyptian Memorial Garden37.75103-89.02034
Ferges Cemetery37.79129-88.9717
Freeman Cemetery37.85821-89.00371
Gentry Cemetery37.63666-89.12005
Grassy Creek Cemetery37.67421-89.06896
Greathouse Cemetery37.81075-89.1015
Hampton Cemetery37.70416-89.07227
Hanks Cemetery37.70028-88.8929
Harris Cemetery37.82858-88.85601
Hart Cemetery37.84061-88.9463
Henshaw Cemetery37.6406-88.73826
Herrin Cemetery37.79463-89.00427
Hillcrest Cemetery37.75222-89.08276
Hinchcliff Cemetery37.76989-89.11536
Holmes Cemetery37.62213-88.76978
Huck Cemetery37.83035-88.90568
Hurricane Cemetery37.76335-89.05464
Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery37.74526-88.93368
Jacob Hunter Cemetery37.79588-88.92145
Kimmel Cemetery37.62121-88.92134
Koonce Cemetery37.64843-88.90636
Lakeview Cemetery37.82727-88.90364
Locust Grove Cemetery37.84927-88.73922
Maplewood Cemetery37.74335-88.93414
McAlpin Cemetery37.73823-89.0153
McBride Cemetery37.60256-88.91563
McCowen Cemetery37.72768-89.03993
McKinney Hill Cemetery37.75429-89.14969
Meneese Cemetery37.60991-88.97645
Moake Cemetery37.77533-88.97587
Moore Cemetery37.69032-88.86367
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Chamness37.67699-88.98868
Fredonia37.76783-89.11897
Sulphur Springs37.60477-88.84145

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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