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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ashley 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ashley. In addition, the list contains another 120 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ashley. In total, we've identified 122 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Ashley.

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 Ashley.  

Newspapers Published In Ashley ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Ashley:

  • Ashley News (from 1955)
  • The Ashley Gazette (from 1876)

Newspapers Neighboring Ashley ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Ashley.

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

  • Published In Nashville  ...
  • Published In Waltonville [Jefferson County] ...
  • Published In Tamaroa [Perry County] ...
  • Published In Central City [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Mount Vernon [Jefferson County] ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Mount Vernon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Mount Vernon
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Ashley. This extended list includes all the papers from Mount Vernon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashley
  • Published In Sesser [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Ina [Jefferson County] ...
    • Ina Weekly News (from 1965)
    • The Ina Observer (from 19??)
  • Published In Sandoval [Marion County] ...
  • Published In Okawville  ...
    • The Okawville Times
  • Published In Pinckneyville [Perry County] ...
  • Published In Odin [Marion County] ...
    • The Odin Journal (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 Odin Journal
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053785
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25335037
  • Published In Carlyle [Clinton County] ...
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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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- Ashley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3289, Longitude: -89.1891       In this case, the coordinates for Ashley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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