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Madison County, Ohio

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40newspaper titles

4digitized titles

11historic places

1800earliest paper

1810formed

43,824pop. 2020

59cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 40 newspaper titles published in Madison County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 4 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near London, Plain City, Mount Sterling.

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Newspapers published in Madison

Library of Congress

40 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Times Weekly Edition	London	1800–1999
Madison Patriot	London	1833–1834
The Circulator	Washington Court House, London	1838–1839
London Sentinel	London	1843–1851
Madison Reveille	London	1851–1854
Madison Chronicle	London	1854–1863
The National Democrat	London	1857–1862
The Madison County Democrat	London	1862–1901
The Madison County Union	London	1863–1870
The London Times	London	1870–1876
The Husbandman	Mount Sterling	1871–1874
The Mount Sterling Review	Mount Sterling	1871–1873
The London Enterprise	London	1872–1893
The Plain City Press	Plain City, Plain City	1873–1878
The West Jefferson Clipper	West Jefferson	1873–1874
The London Weekly Times	London	1876–1880
The News	Mount Sterling	1876–1878
Darby Plains Sentinel	Plain City, Plain City	1878–1879
The London Times	London	1880–1917
The London Vigilant	London	1886–1896
The Mt. Sterling Tribune	Mount Sterling	1887–1982
Daily Nickel Plate	London	1889–1905
Madison County Democrat	London	1890–1890
Plain City Advocate	Plain City, Plain City	1894–1944
The London Semi-Weekly Enterprise	London	1894–1901
Madison County Republican Vigilant	London	1896–1905
Madison County Democrat Digitized	London	1900–1958
The Tri-County News	Plain City	1900–1951
The Semi-Weekly Madison County Democrat	London	1901–1917
The London Enterprise	London	1902–1937
The Madison Press	London	1917–?
The Tri-Weekly Madison County Democrat	London	1917–1923
The Semi-Weekly Madison County Democrat Digitized	London	1923–1999
The Semi-Weekly Madison County Democrat Digitized	London	1923–?
West Jefferson Star	West Jefferson	1925–1941
Plain City Advocate	Plain City, Plain City	1952–?
Rural-Urban News	Columbus, West Jefferson	1955–1966
The Tribune	Mount Sterling, London	1982–?
Madison Messenger	London, Columbus	1985–?
Madison County Democrat Digitized	London	?–

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.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Madison. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Madison County Democrat (london, Ohio) 19??-1958

June 11, 1954 · London

“Continuously In the service of MADISON COUNTY SINCE OPINION We had the opportunity to bear Attorney General Billy ONeill speak to the Rotary Club here and he told of an incident which we herewith…”

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Madison County Democrat (london, Ohio) 19??-1958

August 20, 1954 · London

“GonhnuouJy in the service of MADISON COUNTY SINCE HOLY MATRIMONY Old Heywood Snugg the Dan Cupid of Gobblers Knob says that almost every bache lor joins the Rotary Club sooner or later After all says…”

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Madison County Democrat (london, Ohio) 19??-1958

October 22, 1954 · London

“Continuously in the service of MADISON COUNTY SINCE Hl our Eli TOWN EDUCATION It seems shame that col lege must be wasted on high school graduates who already have an education MEN Men are people who…”

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Madison County Democrat (london, Ohio) 19??-1958

December 23, 1955 · London

“MADISON COUNTY SINCE Fea in open field or mountain glen though the stars may bring it close You will not find it all in books on radio nr television though they can tell how others found or lost it…”

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Madison County Democrat (london, Ohio) 19??-1958

September 28, 1956 · London

“Continuously in the service of MADISON COUNTY SINCE Another Step In Better Papers For The Readers The Madison Press Company has taken another step this week to improve news facilities in all pa pers…”

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Madison County Democrat (london, Ohio) 19??-1958

March 8, 1957 · London

“CENTURY Of Service MADISON COUNTY Continuously SINCE OUR town OVERHEARD Fellow we know has an em ployee who is never on time for work However our friend is nice guy and never com plains much When the…”

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On this day

Front pages

No digitized front pages for Madison were found on today’s month/day in the sampled years. Try the sample front pages above, or browse Chronicling America.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cary Village Site	Plain City	Site	1975
Farmers National Bank	Plain City	Building	1995
First United Methodist Church	London	Building	1996
London Commercial Business Historic District	London	District	1985
Madison County Courthouse	London	Building	1973
Mount Sterling Historic District	Mount Sterling	District	1974
Price Corners	Plain City	Building	1995
Red Brick Tavern	Lafayette	Building	1975
Skunk Hill Mounds	West Jefferson	Structure	1974
Swetland House	London	Building	1983
Wilson, Valentine, House	Somerford	Building	1973

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Madison was formed in 1810 (1810-03-01) from Franklin.

MADISON created from FRANKLIN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Madison County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,603	4,799	9,025	13,015	20,129	20,590	19,662	21,811	22,300	26,454	33,004	40,213	43,824

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

59 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 59 of 59 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arbuckle Cemetery	39.9585	-83.4646
Baldwin Cemetery	39.70089	-83.35742
Bethel Cemetery	39.73034	-83.39047
Big Darby Cemetery	40.04312	-83.26242
Big Plain Cemetery	39.83767	-83.28017
Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery	40.10981	-83.41927
Blair Cemetery	39.97367	-83.31103
Bradley Cemetery	39.99565	-83.4007
Carson Cemetery	39.76003	-83.44985
Converse - Huff Cemetery	40.07652	-83.33944
Converse Cemetery	40.03654	-83.26099
Correll Cemetery	39.79033	-83.55381
Counts Cemetery	39.71589	-83.46797
Darby Township Cemetery	40.09859	-83.26214
Dennison Chapel Cemetery	39.81527	-83.2937
Evans Cemetery	39.84517	-83.47223
Finch Cemetery	40.0722	-83.26846
Fitzgerald Cemetery	39.81334	-83.24947
Forest Grove Cemetery	40.09405	-83.253
Foster Chapel Cemetery	39.99562	-83.26297
Garrett Cemetery	39.90288	-83.39394
Graham Cemetery	39.78168	-83.30809
Guy Cemetery	40.06534	-83.47326
Hampton Cemetery	39.93955	-83.26881
Haven Fellowship Cemetery	40.08317	-83.2465
Infirmary Cemetery	39.86262	-83.51213
Institution Cemetery	39.89611	-83.48904
Jackson Cemetery	39.87163	-83.26503
Johnston-McClimans Cemetery	39.76728	-83.38297
Kilgore Cemetery	39.81606	-83.46305
Kirkwood Cemetery	39.87422	-83.48269
Lower Glade Cemetery	39.88159	-83.35121
Methodist Cemetery	39.71777	-83.26352
Mount Calvary Cemetery	39.93645	-83.27686
Oak Hill Cemetery	39.89978	-83.43214
Old Johnston Cemetery	39.79081	-83.41273
Paint Township Cemetery	39.84005	-83.49269
Pancake Cemetery	39.76524	-83.56787
Phellis Cemetery	40.08533	-83.43825
Pleasant Cemetery	39.73951	-83.25103
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	39.94451	-83.28436
Plumwood Cemetery	40.00839	-83.41714
Range Cemetery	39.732	-83.46491
Saint Patrick Cemetery	39.87451	-83.42881
Sharon Cemetery	40.07264	-83.26835
Shepherd Cemetery	39.77769	-83.42638
Sifrit Cemetery	39.8163	-83.47282
Smith Cemetery	40.10312	-83.32401
Somerford Cemetery	39.94534	-83.50381
Somerford Old Cemetery	39.93673	-83.49409
South Solon Cemetery	39.73534	-83.61659
Statler Cemetery	39.96575	-83.51222
Thomas Cemetery	39.73755	-83.58947
Timmons Cemetery	39.81756	-83.33881
United Bethel Cemetery	40.10889	-83.28736
Upper Gwynne Farm Cemetery	39.93645	-83.41547
Whiteman Cemetery	39.71895	-83.53603
Williams Chapel Cemetery	39.84963	-83.56103
Wright Cemetery	39.93422	-83.36158

Historical populated places — 8 of 8

Name	Lat	Lon
Carters	39.93951	-83.36297
Deer Creek Village	39.96895	-83.4777
Markley	39.93256	-83.5152
Myers	39.89034	-83.52909
Nioga	39.78284	-83.31881
Roberts	39.94256	-83.30631
Willows	39.93284	-83.33325
Wilson	39.90562	-83.42853

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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