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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 66 newspaper titles published in Jefferson County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 3 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; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Steubenville, Mingo Junction, Adena.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
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 Jefferson. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
![Front page thumbnail: True American (steubenville [ohio]) 1855-1861, January 16, 1856](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ndnp:ohi:batch_ohi_cousteau_ver02:data:sn84028817:00296027352:1856011601:0245/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg)
“Edlfif iind Proprietor ti0VERN0ff3 MESSAGE riQfl of the Senate on JloUst Repmtnlalivti Io accordance with the requiretsenti of lhe Ccnstitntion nd the biennial eys le is of legislation which has been…”
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“Tkji if rfe yUJ tlfe It IF PAID IS ADVANCE ft ilAUAN Editor and Proprietor SIKCE ITTCY DIED HUNT The violets bloom not half io blue The itrawbernes ripen not so rud The winils float leva earefningly…”
View at Library of CongressCourtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.
No digitized front pages for Jefferson were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.
14 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.
Jefferson was formed in 1797 (1797-07-29) from Washington, part of the Western Reserve.
JEFFERSON created by the Northwest Territory from WASHINGTON and part of the Western Reserve. This implicit challenge to Connecticut's authority in the Western Reserve went unanswered.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Jefferson County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1800 | 1820 | 1840 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,766 | 18,531 | 25,030 | 26,115 | 33,018 | 44,357 | 77,580 | 98,129 | 96,495 | 99,201 | 91,564 | 73,894 | 65,249 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
92 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Adena Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Annapolis Cemetery |
| Bayless Private Cemetery |
| Bergholz Cemetery |
| Bloomingdale Cemetery |
| Bnai Israel Cemetery |
| Buckingham Cemetery |
| Carne Cemetery |
| Center Chapel Cemetery |
| Chestnut Grove Cemetery |
| Circle Green Methodist Episcopal Cemetery |
| Coulter Private Cemetery |
| Cross Creek Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Davidson Cemetery |
| Dorn Cemetery |
| Everson Family Cemetery |
| Fort Steuben Burial Estates |
| Friends Cemetery |
| Friends Meeting House Cemetery |
| Georges Run Cemetery |
| Greek Orthodox Cemetery |
| Hammondsville Cemetery |
| Hicksite Cemetery |
| Highland Cemetery |
| Hill Cemetery |
| Hodgens Cemetery |
| Holmes Cemetery |
| Holy Resurrection Cemetery |
| Hopewell Methodist Cemetery |
| Indian Mound Cemetery |
| Irondale Cemetery |
| Island Creek Cemetery |
| Island Creek Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Kisha Farm Cemetery |
| Knoxville Cemetery |
| Leas Cemetery |
| Lebanon Cemetery |
| Long Cemetery |
| McClelland Cemetery |
| McIntyre African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery |
| Miller Cemetery |
| Mingo Junction Cemetery |
| Mizer Cemetery |
| Monroeville Cemetery |
| Montgomery Cemetery |
| Mooretown Methodist Episcopal Cemetery |
| Morning View Cemetery |
| Mount Calvary Cemetery |
| Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Mount Moriah Cemetery |
| Mount Tabor Cemetery |
| Mount Zion Methodist Cemetery |
| New Alexandria Cemetery |
| New Somerset Christian Cemetery |
| New Somerset Methodist Cemetery |
| Northern Cemetery |
| Oak Grove Cemetery |
| Old Annapolis Cemetery |
| Old Union Cemetery |
| Oliver Cemetery |
| Osage Cemetery |
| Pine Grove Cemetery |
| Pine Run Cemetery |
| Quaker Cemetery |
| Rehoboth Cemetery |
| Richmond Cemetery |
| Richmond Methodist Cemetery |
| Richmond United Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Russell Cemetery |
| Saint Adelbert Cemetery |
| Saint Andrews Cemetery |
| Saint Casimirs Cemetery |
| Saint James Cemetery |
| Seceder Cemetery |
| Seever Cemetery |
| Shelley Cemetery |
| Springfield Cemetery |
| Sugar Grove Cemetery |
| Sugar Grove Methodist Cemetery |
| Tent Church Cemetery |
| Name |
|---|
| Dogtown |
| Fells |
| Jeffersonville |
| Startle |
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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