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Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Altamont.

Our newspaper information for Altamont is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Altamont. In addition, the list contains another 128 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Altamont. In total, we've identified 132 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Altamont.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Altamont.  

Newspapers Published In Altamont ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Altamont:

Newspapers Neighboring Altamont ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Altamont.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Altamont.

  • Published In Saint Elmo [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Ewington  ...
    • Effingham Pioneer (from 1856)
  • Published In Effingham  ...
  • Published In Cowden [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Farina [Fayette County] ...
    • The Farina News
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Farina News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002061121
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 50231726
  • Published In Stewardson [Shelby County] ...
    • Stewardson Clipper
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1989
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Stewardson Clipper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054850
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22830719
  • Published In Teutopolis  ...
  • Published In Herrick [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Sigel [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Dieterich  ...
  • Published In Vandalia [Fayette County] ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vandalia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vandalia
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Altamont. This extended list includes all the papers from Vandalia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Altamont
  • Published In Kinmundy [Marion County] ...
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Published In Ramsey [Fayette County] ...
    • Published In Strasburg [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Louisville [Clay County] ...
    • Published In Neoga [Cumberland County] ...
      • The Neoga News (from 1876)
    • Published In Oconee [Shelby County] ...
      • The Enterprise (from 1884)
        • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054817
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22569978
    • Published In Shelbyville [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Bingham [Fayette County] ...
      • The Bingham Agriculturist (from 1888)
    • Published In Tower Hill [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Pana [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Patoka [Marion County] ...
      • Patoka Enterprise (from 1881)
        • The first year of publication was in 1881, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Patoka Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053778
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25329294
      • The Patoka News (from 1893)
        • The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Patoka News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053781
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25334832
      • The Patoka Register (from 1907)
    • Published In Mulberry Grove [Bond County] ...
      • The Mulberry Grove News (from 1880)
    • Published In Sailor Springs [Clay County] ...
      • The World (from 189?)
    • Published In Xenia [Clay County] ...
    • Published In Flora [Clay County] ...
    • Published In Iuka [Marion County] ...
      • Iuka Bee (from 1899)
        • Years of publication:  1899 to 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Iuka Bee
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053784
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25335001
    • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Altamont: www.altamontil.net/

The official website for Effingham County: www.co.effingham.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Altamont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Altamont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0570, Longitude: -88.7475       In this case, the coordinates for Altamont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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