Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alton.
Our newspaper information for Alton 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 49 papers that were published in the immediate area of Alton. In addition, the list contains another 61 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Alton. In total, we've identified 110 papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Alton.
Newspapers Published In Alton ...
We know of 49 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Alton:
- Alton Banner (from 1866)
- Alton Commercial Gazette (from 1839)
- Alton Daily Courier (from 1855)
- Alton Daily Democrat (from 1866)
- Alton Daily Democrat (from 1860)
- Alton Daily Democrat (from 1876)
- Alton Daily Evening Democrat (from 1864)
- Alton Daily Morning Courier (from 1852)
- Alton Daily Sentinel-Democrat (from 1889)
- Alton Daily Telegraph (from 186?)
- Alton Democratic Union (from 1846)
- Alton Evening Telegraph (from 1894)
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- Alton National Democrat (from 1860)
- Alton Spectator (from 1832)
- Alton Telegraph & Madison County Record (from 1853)
- Alton Telegraph And Democratic Review (from 1841)
- Alton Telegraph (from 1879)
- Alton Telegraph (from 1972)
- Alton Tri-Weekly Democrat (from 1857)
- Alton Weekly Democrat (from 1875)
- Alton Weekly Telegraph (from 1866)
- Cumberland Presbyterian (from 186?)
- Daily Alton Telegraph (from 186?)
- Illinois Temperance Herald And Washingtonian (from 1842)
- Illinois Temperance Herald (from 1836)
- Labor World (from 1945)
- Madison County Sentinel (from 1879)
- Morning News (from 1876)
- The first year of publication was in 1876, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Morning News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96070001
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34256555
- Reporter Of The Synod Of Southern Illinois And Its Presbyteries (from 1870)
- Reporter Of The Synod Of Southern Illinois And Its Presbyteries (from 1870)
- The Alton Daily Times (from 19??)
- The Alton Morning Sentinel (from 1885)
- The Alton Sentinel-Democrat (from 1888)
- The Alton Sentinel-Democrat (from 1888)
- The Alton Telegraph (from 1862)
- The Alton Telegraph (from 1851)
- The Alton Telegraph (from 1836)
- The Alton Telegraph (from 1861)
- The Alton Weekly Courier (from 1852)
- The Altonian (from 1838)
- The Daily Alton Telegraph (from 1852)
- The People's Miscellany And Illinois Herald (from 1842)
- The Telegraph (from 1986)
- The Tocsin (from 1840)
- The Western Argus (from 1845)
- Tri-Weekly Telegraph (from 1851)
- Voice Of Illinois (from 1838)
- Western Cumberland Presbyterian (from 186?)
- Western Military Academy Shrapnel (Alton, Ill) (from ????)
Newspapers Neighboring Alton ...
The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Alton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Alton.
- Published In Wood River ...
- The Journal Of Wood River Township (from 19??)
- The Journal (from 1937)
- The Wood River Journal (from 1920)
- Wood River Daily Press (from 19??)
- Published In Brighton [Macoupin County] ...
- The Brighton Advance (from 1871)
- The Brighton News
- The Southwestern Journal News (from ????)
- Published In Florissant [Saint Louis County] ...
- Florissant Valley Reporter (from 1950)
- The Florissant News (from 1911)
- The Florissant Valley Reporter (from 1966)
- The Independent News (from 1987)
- Published In Ferguson [Saint Louis County] ...
- Ferguson Herald (from 1955)
- Ferguson Reporter (from 1960)
- Ferguson Town Talk (from 19??)
- St. Louis County Spirit (from 1964)
- The Ferguson Blade (from 191?)
- The Spirit Of Ferguson (from 1960)
- The Spirit Of St. Louis County (from 1964)
- The Spirit (from 1964)
- The Town Talk (from 192?)
- The Town Talk (from 1947)
- Published In Baden [Saint Louis City] ...
- The Baden News (from 1927)
- Published In Jennings [Saint Louis County] ...
- The Jennings News (from 1945)
- Published In Edwardsville ...
- Edwardsville Democrat (from 1882)
- Edwardsville Journal (from 1965)
- Edwardsville Journal (from 1975)
- Edwardsville Republican (from 1869)
- Edwardsville Spectator (from 1819)
- Illinois Corrector (from 1827)
- Illinois Republican (from 1823)
- Madison County Anzeiger (from 1875)
- Madison County Journal (from 1969)
- Madison Weekly Advertiser (from 185?)
- Star Of The West (from 1822)
- The Crisis (from 1830)
- The Edwardsville Intelligencer (from 1868)
- The Edwardsville Times (from 1881)
- The Madison County Courier (from 1865)
- The Madison County Daily News (from 1963)
- The Madison County News (from 1933)
- The Madison Intelligencer (from 1862)
- The Weekly Madison Press (from 1858)
- Published In Granite City ...
- Granite City Post (from 19??)
- Granite City Press And Herald (from 1908)
- Granite City Press-Record Journal Sunday (from 1985)
- Granite City Press-Record (from 1912)
- Granite City Press (from 1903)
- Naroden Glas = National Herald (from 1907)
- Naroden Glas National Herald (from 19??)
- The Granite City Herald (from 1906)
- The Jewish Bulletin Of Southern Illinois (from 1936)
- Published In Grafton [Jersey County] ...
- Grafton Reporter (from 1849)
- The first year of publication was in 1849, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Grafton Reporter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054559
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23198979
- The Backwoodsman (from 1837)
- The Grafton Phoenix (from 1842)
- Published In Bunker Hill [Macoupin County] ...
- Bunker Hill Gazette (from 1871)
- Red And White (from 1927)
- The Bunker Hill Gazette-News (from 1905)
- The Bunker Hill News (from 18??)
- The Macoupin County Advance (from 18??)
- The Union Gazette (from 1866)
- Published In Madison ...
- Madison Republic And Tribune (from 19??)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Alton: www.alton-il.com/
The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8955, Longitude: -90.1764 |