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Introduction ...

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

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

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Afton Center. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Afton Center. Our list contains 107 papers that were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Afton Center.

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 Afton Center.  

Newspapers Neighboring Afton Center ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km] of Afton Center.

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

  • Published In De Kalb  ...
  • Published In Waterman  ...
    • Waterman Free Press (from 187?)
    • Waterman Leader (from 1878)
  • Published In Cortland  ...
    • The Enterprise (from 1877)
      • The first year of publication was in 1877, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053436
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27110890
  • Published In Malta  ...
    • The Malta Record (from 18??)
  • Published In Shabbona  ...
    • De Kalb County Express (from 192?)
    • The Shabbona Express
    • Waterman News (from 1935)
  • Published In Hinckley  ...
    • Country Courier (from 1991)
    • Hinckley Review (from 1878)
    • The Review (from 1986)
  • Published In Creston [Ogle County] ...
  • Published In Sycamore  ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sycamore. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Sycamore
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Afton Center. This extended list includes all the papers from Sycamore. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Afton Center
  • Published In Paw Paw [Lee County] ...
    • Lee County Times (from 18??)
    • Paw Paw News (from 1874)
  • Published In Somonauk  ...
  • Published In Elburn [Kane County] ...
  • Published In Leland [La Salle County] ...
    • The Leland Times
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1963
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Leland Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053228
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25668177
    • The Leland Times (from 1971)
    • The Times (from 1963)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for DeKalb County: www.dekalbcounty.org/

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 from Point A (ie- Afton Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Afton Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8492, Longitude: -88.7737       In this case, the coordinates for Afton Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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