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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ashmore 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 Ashmore. In addition, the list contains another 87 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ashmore. In total, we've identified 91 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ashmore.

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 Ashmore.  

Newspapers Published In Ashmore ...

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

  • Ashmore Record (from 1911)
  • Ashmore Republican (from 18??)
  • The Praire Youth (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 Praire Youth
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051461
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31382869
  • The Prairie Youth (from 1884)

Newspapers Neighboring Ashmore ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ashmore.

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

  • Published In Kansas [Edgar County] ...
  • Published In Charleston  ...
    • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Charleston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Charleston
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ashmore. This extended list includes all the papers from Charleston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashmore
  • Published In Oakland  ...
  • Published In Hindsboro [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Brocton [Edgar County] ...
  • Published In Martinsville [Clark County] ...
    • Martinsville Express (from 1871)
    • The Martinsville Planet (from 1884)
  • Published In Casey [Clark County] ...
  • Published In Lerna  ...
  • Published In Arcola [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Paris [Edgar County] ...
    • We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Paris. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Paris
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ashmore. This extended list includes all the papers from Paris. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashmore
  • Published In Marshall [Clark County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marshall. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marshall
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ashmore. This extended list includes all the papers from Marshall. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashmore
  • Published In Mattoon  ...
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Published In Greenup [Cumberland County] ...
      • Cumberland Transcript (from 1859)
      • Greenup Press (from 1890)
      • Greenup Tribune (from 185?)
        • The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Greenup Tribune
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054120
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142378
      • The Cumberland Times (from 1882)
      • The Cumberland Tribune (from 1853)
      • The Greenup Expositor (from 1859)
      • The Greenup Mail (from 1871)
      • The Greenup Post (from 1893)
    • Published In Hume [Edgar County] ...
      • The Hume Record (from 1892)
    • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...
    • Published In Oak Point [Clark County] ...
    • Published In Tuscola [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Villa Grove [Douglas County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Ashmore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5305, Longitude: -88.0202       In this case, the coordinates for Ashmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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