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Meigs County, Ohio

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43newspaper titles
10digitized titles
10historic places
1837earliest paper
1819formed
22,210pop. 2020
101cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 43 newspaper titles published in Meigs County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1837. 10 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Pomeroy, Middleport, Chester.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Meigs

Library of Congress
43 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Gallipolis Journal Gallia, Meigs & Lawrence Public AdvertiserGallipolis1837–1838
Meigs County Times DigitizedPomeroy1843–1848
Meigs County Times DigitizedPomeroy1843–?
Meigs County Telegraph DigitizedPomeroy1848–1859
Meigs County Telegraph DigitizedPomeroy1848–?
The People's FountainPomeroy1854–1899
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph DigitizedPomeroy1860–1866
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph DigitizedPomeroy1860–?
Meigs County PressMiddleport1867–1871
Meigs County TelegraphPomeroy1867–1884
The Pomeroy BannerPomeroy1867–1869
The Pomeroy CrescentPomeroy1869–1872
The Meigs County NewsMiddleport1871–1876
Ohio DigitizedPomeroy1873–1874
Ohio DigitizedPomeroy1873–?
Ohio Waisenfreund DigitizedPomeroy, Columbus1874–1953
Ohio Waisenfreund DigitizedPomeroy, Columbus1874–?
Meigs County RepublicanMiddleport1876–1894
The Meigs County HeraldMiddleport1876–1885
Pomeroy JournalPomeroy1879–1885
The MosquitoPomeroy1883–1885
The TelegraphPomeroy1884–1894
The HeraldMiddleport1885–1894
The TribuneRacine, Pomeroy1887–1894
The Pomeroy DemocratPomeroy1888–1891
The DemocratPomeroy1891–1941
Morning CallPomeroy1893–1899
Republican-HeraldMiddleport1894–1902
The Tribune-TelegraphPomeroy1894–1941
The LeaderPomeroy1895–1918
The Rutland JournalRutland1899–1999
Pomeroy Daily IndependentPomeroy1900–1910
The Daily TribunePomeroy1900–1999
The RepublicanMiddleport1902–1918
The IndependentPomeroy1903–1910
Daily NewsPomeroy, Middleport1911–1926
Weekly NewsPomeroy1911–1911
The Daily TribunePomeroy1927–1941
Middleport ReviewMiddleport1930–1948
The Herald-TribunePomeroy1940–1948
The SentinelPomeroy, Middleport1941–1954
Tribune-TelegraphPomeroy1941–1943
The Daily SentinelPomeroy, Gallipolis1954–?

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.

18301879192819772026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

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

Courtesy 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.

On this day

Front pages

No digitized front pages for Meigs 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 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Buffington IslandPomeroySite1970
Downing, John, Jr., HouseMiddleportBuilding1993
Grant, William H., HouseMiddleportBuilding1978
Meigs County Fairgrounds, Grandstand and RacetrackRock SpringsBuilding1982
Middleport Public LibraryMiddleportBuilding1986
Mound Cemetery MoundChesterStructure1974
Old Meigs County Courthouse And Chester AcademyChesterBuilding1975
Pomeroy Historic DistrictPomeroyDistrict1978
Pomeroy Historic District (Boundary Increase)PomeroyDistrict1980
Reeves MoundAlfredStructure1974

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Meigs was formed in 1819 (1819-04-01) from Athens, Gallia.

MEIGS created from ATHENS and GALLIA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

32k18k4,4801820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,48011,45226,53432,32528,62026,18924,10423,22722,15923,64123,07222,210

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 101 listed
NameLatLon
Austin Cemetery39.04668-82.02705
Baker Cemetery39.12556-82.0252
Ball Knob Cemetery39.02452-81.83291
Barton Cemetery39.13535-81.99402
Beech Grove Cemetery39.04086-82.04174
Bentz Cemetery39.16424-81.92541
Bethlehem Cemetery38.95324-81.81665
Brick Cemetery39.1673-81.89898
Brick Church Cemetery39.03613-81.8687
Browning Cemetery39.00563-81.76846
Bunker Hill Cemetery39.09973-82.06129
Burlington Cemetery39.17062-82.02792
Caldwell Cemetery39.15693-81.84573
Carlton Cemetery39.12995-82.04504
Carmel Cemetery39.02035-81.88541
Castor Cemetery39.13896-82.29404
Cherry Ridge Cemetery39.15619-81.96986
Chester Cemetery39.08646-81.92847
Cowdery Cemetery39.09915-81.86383
Coy Hill Cemetery39.01626-82.2325
Cumming Cemetery39.16672-82.30973
Eastman Cemetery39.12005-81.95899
Eden Cemetery39.15474-81.75828
Engle Cemetery38.98974-81.77966
Fish Cemetery39.17951-81.92791
Flatwood Cemetery39.14646-81.7893
Folden Cemetery39.07982-82.22613
Gilmore Cemetery39.02088-81.95886
Goff Cemetery39.02396-82.2357
Gomer Cemetery39.02035-82.22737
Gotschall Cemetery39.13562-82.20848
Greenwood Cemetery38.977-81.90888
Gregory Cemetery39.15756-82.29597
Hawley Cemetery39.11979-81.80541
Heiney Cemetery39.16013-81.80362
Hemlock Grove Cemetery39.12062-81.9818
Hetzer - Kibble Cemetery39.12795-81.74792
Higley Cemetery39.02969-82.13388
Hiland Cemetery39.05195-82.05862
Hoffman Cemetery39.1715-81.89909
Horner Hill Cemetery39.11176-82.10076
Hugg Cemetery39.09386-82.22115
Johnson Cemetery39.11115-81.85482
Keebaugh Cemetery39.13979-81.93263
Kennedy Cemetery39.10069-81.8893
Keno Cemetery39.10084-81.86343
Laucks Chapel Cemetery39.02083-81.76896
Letart Falls Cemetery38.8923-81.91624
Longstretch Cemetery39.08725-82.22187
Martin Cemetery38.94341-81.78207
Massar and Koenig Cemetery39.12385-81.88319
McCaskey Cemetery39.06785-82.22681
McKay Cemetery38.95276-81.81907
McKenzie Cemetery39.00392-81.87104
Middleport Hill Cemetery39.00582-82.05674
Middleswart Cemetery39.01-81.78096
Midway Cemetery39.0609-82.19931
Miles Cemetery39.04197-82.14921
Minersville Hill Cemetery39.02491-81.99202
Mound Cemetery39.1134-81.92347
Mount Herman Cemetery39.09396-81.96847
Mount Olive Cemetery39.12146-82.27765
Nelson Cemetery39.08757-82.26931
Oak Grove Cemetery38.9929-81.90744
Ogden Cemetery39.12729-82.24931
Old Salem Cemetery39.08114-82.2964
Ottobine Cemetery38.99512-81.83943
Pearsol Cemetery39.10975-82.22597
Pine Grove Cemetery39.05112-81.94975
Piper Cemetery39.01496-82.31576
Plants Cemetery38.91424-81.9068
Pleasant Home Cemetery39.12606-81.76195
Point Pleasant Cemetery39.04115-82.26916
Pratts Fork Cemetery39.19062-82.01014
Rainbow Cemetery39.04939-81.83776
Rawlings Cemetery39.13507-82.22764
Reedsville Cemetery39.10905-81.74761
Ridenour Cemetery39.09525-81.89686
Riverview Cemetery39.00694-82.05185
Rock Springs Cemetery39.05901-82.01982
Historical populated places — 8 of 8
NameLatLon
Buckhorn39.07285-82.20209
Bunker Hill39.10591-82.06348
Elden39.00397-81.8068
Fayal39.10786-81.81374
Martinsburg39.10646-82.21931
Oakgrove38.99147-81.90791
White Rock39.01536-81.98736
Zeal39.19646-82.29598

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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