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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bement 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 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Bement. In addition, the list contains another 120 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Bement. In total, we've identified 129 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Bement.

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 Bement.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Bement ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Bement:

Newspapers Neighboring Bement ...

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

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

  • Published In Ivesdale [Champaign County] ...
    • The Ivesdale Item (from 1893)
    • The Ivesdale News
      • 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 Ivesdale News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053121
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25188782
    • The Ivesdale News (from 1938)
  • Published In Monticello  ...
  • Published In Cerro Gordo  ...
  • Published In Hammond  ...
  • Published In Atwood  ...
    • The Atwood Herald
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Atwood Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053170
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25472196
  • Published In Sadorus [Champaign County] ...
  • Published In Argenta [Macon County] ...
    • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
  • Published In De Land  ...
    • The De Land Tribune (from 1904)
    • The Tribune
      • 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 Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053171
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25489345
  • Published In Lovington [Moultrie County] ...
    • Lovington Free Press (from 1875)
    • Lovington Reporter (from 1891)
    • The Convention Herald (from 1895)
  • Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Oreana [Macon County] ...
  • Published In Pesotum [Champaign County] ...
    • Pesotum Chief (from 1914)
    • The Pesotum Tribune (from 1909)
    • The Reflector (from 1939)
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Published In Tolono [Champaign County] ...
      • County Star (from 1979)
      • South Side Journal (from 1957)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 1875)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 192?)
      • The Tolono Journal (from 1874)
      • Tolono Weekly Herald (from 1876)
    • Published In Tuscola [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
      • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
    • Published In Mount Zion [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Decatur [Macon County] ...
      • We know of 80 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Decatur. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Decatur
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Bement. This extended list includes all the papers from Decatur. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bement.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Forsyth [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Mahomet [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Mansfield  ...
      • Mansfield Daily Express (from 1895)
      • Mansfield Express (from 1887)
        • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Mansfield Express
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90068359
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21769075
      • The Mansfield Express
    • Published In Arcola [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Bethany [Moultrie County] ...
      • The Bethany Echo (from 189?)
    • Published In Maroa [Macon County] ...
      • Maroa Sentinel (from 1938)
      • The Maroa Times (from 1867)
      • The Maroa Weekly News (from 1872)
      • The News-Times
        • 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 News-Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082810
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15902629
      • The Prairie Post (from 1958)
    • Published In Champaign [Champaign County] ...
      • We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Champaign. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Champaign
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Bement. This extended list includes all the papers from Champaign. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bement.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Farmer City [De Witt County] ...
    • Published In Philo [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Sullivan [Moultrie County] ...
    • Published In Villa Grove [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Urbana [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Warrensburg [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Harristown [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Macon [Macon County] ...
      • The Macon News
      • The Macon Record
        • 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 Macon Record
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93056010
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29240661
    • Published In Sidney [Champaign County] ...
      • Sidney By-Way (from 1886)
      • Sidney Signal (from 1879)
        • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Sidney Signal
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2001063203
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 46454204
      • Sidney Times (from 1905)
    • Published In Bellflower [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Hindsboro [Douglas County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Piatt County: www.piattcounty.org/

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 from Point A (ie- Bement) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9229, Longitude: -88.5720       In this case, the coordinates for Bement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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