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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Barrow 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 Barrow. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Barrow. Our list contains 158 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Barrow.

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 Barrow.  

Newspapers Neighboring Barrow ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Barrow.

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

  • Published In Roodhouse  ...
    • Harper's Weekly Herald (from 1877)
    • Roodhouse Headlight (from 1874)
    • Roodhouse Signal (from 1871)
    • The Daily Record
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in ????
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Daily Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054770
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24942520
    • The Evening Eye (from 1882)
    • The Roodhouse Eye (from 1894)
    • The Roodhouse Journal (from 18??)
    • The Roodhouse Record
    • The Weekly Eye (from 1882)
  • Published In Manchester [Scott County] ...
    • Manhattan American (from 1919)
    • Scott County Arrow (from 1879)
  • Published In White Hall  ...
  • Published In Winchester [Scott County] ...
  • Published In Milton [Pike County] ...
    • Milton Beacon (from 1875)
  • Published In Carrollton  ...
  • Published In Greenfield  ...
  • Published In Scottville [Macoupin County] ...
  • Published In Bluffs [Scott County] ...
  • Published In Chapin [Morgan County] ...
    • The Chapin Record (from 1897)
  • Published In Jacksonville [Morgan County] ...
    • We know of 73 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jacksonville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Jacksonville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Barrow. This extended list includes all the papers from Jacksonville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Barrow
  • Published In Franklin [Morgan County] ...
    • The Franklin Times
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    • Published In Naples [Scott County] ...
    • Published In Kane  ...
      • Kane Express (from 1873)
        • The first year of publication was in 1873, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Kane Express
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054792
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065223
      • The Kane Times (from 1874)
        • The first year of publication was in 1874, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Kane Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054788
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24840733
    • Published In Nebo [Pike County] ...
      • The Nebo Banner
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Nebo Banner
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055757
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28485593
      • The Nebo Banner (from 1934)
      • The Plaindealer (from 1925)
    • Published In Griggsville [Pike County] ...
    • Published In Modesto [Macoupin County] ...
      • The Weekly Transcript
    • Published In Palmyra [Macoupin County] ...
    • Published In Pittsfield [Pike County] ...
    • Published In Meredosia [Morgan County] ...
    • Published In Waverly [Morgan County] ...
      • Journal-Enterprise (from 1905)
      • The Enterprise
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1903
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054692
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24477958
      • The Waverly Journal (from 18??)
      • The Waverly Journal (from 1911)
      • The Waverly Times (from 1872)
      • Waverly Enterprise (from 1903)
    • Published In Arenzville [Cass County] ...
      • Arenzville Argus (from 1889)
        • The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Arenzville Argus
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055846
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29265724
      • Arenzville Enquirer (from 1922)
      • Arenzville Independent
      • The Advance (from 18??)
      • The Arenzville Advocate (from 1885)
      • The Arenzville Times
    • Published In Pleasant Hill [Pike County] ...
    • Published In Hardin [Calhoun County] ...
      • Calhoun County Democrat (from 1871)
      • Calhoun County Republican (from 190?)
      • Calhoun County Union (from 1861)
      • Calhoun Herald (from 1873)
      • Calhoun Herald (from 190?)
      • Calhoun News-Herald (from 1997)
      • Calhoun Times-Herald (from 1902)
      • The Calhoun News (from 1915)
      • The Leader (from 189?)
        • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Leader
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055747
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28395983
      • The Republican (from 1901)
    • Published In Jerseyville [Jersey County] ...
    • Published In Medora [Macoupin County] ...
      • Medora Cross Roads (from 188?)
      • Medora Messenger
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1926
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Medora Messenger
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082818
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15907444
    • Published In Perry [Pike County] ...
    • Published In Clarksville [Pike County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Barrow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barrow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5062, Longitude: -90.4015       In this case, the coordinates for Barrow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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