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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 40 newspaper titles published in Darke County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 2 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Greenville, Versailles, New Madison.
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Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.
Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.
Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Darke. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
“GUMMA EXOBL3IOB VOL 76Established GREENVILLE OHIO THURSDAY DECEMBER No The Saloon Hust Go BY LEO Such was the closing sentence of temrjerance SDeech by one of Greenvilles attorneys at the late…”
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“ELEENVI EXOEL3IOB VQL 76Established GREENVILLE OHIO THURSDAY JANUARY No County Option BY LEO Several times have we written in this Greenville Journal in fav or of passing law giving each county of the…”
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“Jon THE jrM EXCELS VOL 79Established GREENVILLE OHIO THURSDAY NOVEMBER No it COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL REPORT To the Court of Common Pleas Darke County Ohio Tiu fiiiiuinir in an Itemized statement of iuir…”
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“LULU llJ ItXOBLSIOR yQL34Establishedl832 CREENVILLE OHIO THURSDAY OCTOBER No Gettysburg Coblentz wife and dau ehter returned home from the Panama Exposition last Friday after an absence of nearly…”
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No digitized front pages for Darke were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.
22 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
Darke was formed in 1809 (1809-01-03) from Miami.
DARKE created from MIAMI.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Darke County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1820 | 1840 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,622 | 13,282 | 26,009 | 40,496 | 42,532 | 42,911 | 38,831 | 41,799 | 45,612 | 55,096 | 53,309 | 51,881 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
102 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Abbottsville Cemetery |
| Ansonia Cemetery |
| Bass Cemetery |
| Beamsville Cemetery |
| Beech Grove Cemetery |
| Beech Grove Cemetery |
| Beeler Cemetery |
| Bethel Cemetery |
| Brock Cemetery |
| Brock Cemetery |
| Cedar Grove Cemetery |
| Chapel Cemetery |
| Childrens Home Cemetery |
| Christian Cemetery |
| Clark Cemetery |
| Clemens Cemetery |
| Coppess Cemetery |
| County Home Cemetery |
| Creekbaum Cemetery |
| Cromer Cemetery |
| Dininger Cemetery |
| Duvall Cemetery |
| Earhart Cemetery |
| East Zion Cemetery |
| East Zion Community Cemetery |
| English Cemetery |
| Erisman Cemetery |
| Fairview Cemetery |
| First Universalist Cemetery |
| Foutz Cemetery |
| Friendship Cemetery |
| Gordon Cemetery |
| Greenlawn Cemetery |
| Greenmound Cemetery |
| Greenville Union Cemetery |
| Harter Cemetery |
| Hartle Cemetery |
| Heller Cemetery |
| Hillgrove Cemetery |
| Hollansburg Cemetery |
| Holsapple Cemetery |
| Holy Family Cemetery |
| Hoover Cemetery |
| Hoschover Cemetery |
| Ithaca Cemetery |
| Ithaca Lutheran Cemetery |
| Kershner Cemetery |
| Manuel Cemetery |
| Martin Cemetery |
| McFarland Cemetery |
| Mendenhall Cemetery |
| Miller Cemetery |
| Miller Cemetery |
| Mote Cemetery |
| Mount Zion Cemetery |
| Nashville Cemetery |
| New Castine Cemetery |
| New Greenville Cemetery |
| New Rose Hill Cemetery |
| New Teagarden Cemetery |
| Newcomers Cemetery |
| Oakland Cemetery |
| Old Abbottsville Cemetery |
| Old Castine Cemetery |
| Old Harris Creek Cemetery |
| Old Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Old Teegarden Cemetery |
| Otterbein Cemetery |
| Palestine Cemetery |
| Pioneer Cemetery |
| Pleasant Ridge Cemetery |
| Raper Chapel Cemetery |
| Saint Bernard Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery |
| Saint Louis Cemetery |
| Saint Martins Cemetery |
| Saint Marys Cemetery |
| Saint Paul Cemetery |
| Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery |
| Name |
|---|
| Delvin |
| Hetzlerville |
| Mount Pleasant |
| Saint John |
| Sampson |
| Strakers |
| Wiley |
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
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