Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Benton.
Our newspaper information for Benton 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 Benton. In addition, the list contains another 28 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Benton. In total, we've identified 37 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Benton.
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 Benton.
Newspapers Published In Benton ...
We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Benton:
- Franklin Chronicle (from 1880)
- Franklin County Chronicle (from 1881)
- Franklin County Courier (from 1874)
- Franklin Democrat (from 1860)
- The Benton Evening News (from 1922)
- The Benton Republican (from 189?)
- The Benton Standard (from 1850)
- The Illinois Republican (from 1878)
- The Legal Tender (from 1879)
Newspapers Neighboring Benton ...
The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Benton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Benton.
- Published In Christopher ...
- The Christopher News (from 1906)
- The Christopher Progress (from 19??)
- The Progress (from 1970)
- Published In West Frankfort ...
- The Daily American (from 1920)
- The Daily American (from 19??)
- The Daily American (from 19??)
- The Frankfort American (from 19??)
- Published In Ina [Jefferson County] ...
- Ina Weekly News (from 1965)
- The Ina Observer (from 19??)
- Published In Sesser ...
- The Sesser Herald (from 19??)
- The Sesser Review (from 19??)
- Published In Zeigler ...
- The Zeigler Item (from 1921)
- The Zeigler News (from 1919)
- Published In Johnston City [Williamson County] ...
- Johnston City Progress (from 19??)
- The Herald (from 2004)
- The Progress
- 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 Progress
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054683
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27110097
- The Twice-A-Week Williamson County News (from 19??)
- Published In Herrin [Williamson County] ...
- Herrin Daily Journal (from 1926)
- Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald (from 1924)
- Herrin Spokesman (from 1957)
- Illinois Democrat (from 1961)
- La Tribuna Italiana (from 1909)
- Southern Illinoisan (from 1949)
- The Daily Journal (from 1947)
- The Egyptian Democrat (from 1944)
- The Egyptian Republican (from 1927)
- The Herrin Journal (from 1913)
- The Herrin News (from 1899)
- The Weekly Ad-Viser (from 1933)
- The Workers' Digest (from 1935)
- Published In Waltonville [Jefferson County] ...
- Waltonville Searchlight (from 1912)
- Waltonville Tribune (from 1917)
- Published In Du Quoin [Perry County] ...
- Du Quoin Daily News And Du Quoin Review (from 1930)
- Du Quoin Daily News (from 1938)
- Du Quoin Evening Call (from 1897)
- Du Quoin Herald (from 18??)
- Du Quoin Mining Journal (from 1857)
- Du Quoin News (from 1938)
- Du Quoin Recorder (from 1866)
- Du Quoin Republican (from 1871)
- Stars And Stripes (from 1864)
- The Du Quoin Progress (from 1865)
- The Du Quoin Republican (from 1871)
- The Du Quoin Tribune (from 1867)
- Published In Dahlgren [Hamilton County] ...
- The Dahlgren Echo (from 1899)
- Published In Elkville [Jackson County] ...
- Elkville Journal (from 1922)
- Published In Carterville [Williamson County] ...
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Published In Marion [Williamson County] ...
- Marion Daily Leader (from 1897)
- Marion Democrat (from 1874)
- Marion Independent (from 1886)
- Marion Intelligencer (from 1855)
- Marion Semi-Weekly Leader
- Marion Weekly Leader (from 19??)
- Our Flag (from 1866)
- Years of publication: 1866 to 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Our Flag
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054689
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27125785
- Our Flag (from 1871)
- Years of publication: 1871 to 187?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Our Flag
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054692
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27126106
- The Egyptian Press (from 1875)
- The Farmers' Advocate (from 1874)
- The Illinois Baptist (from 1906)
- The Leader (from 1887)
- The Marion Daily Republican (from 19??)
- The Marion Evening Post (from 1902)
- The Marion Flag (from 1867)
- The Marion Monitor (from 1874)
- The Marion Post (from 1944)
- The Marion Record (from 186?)
- The Marion Weekly Flag (from 187?)
- The People's Friend (from 1870)
- The Twice-A-Week Egyptian Press (from 19??)
- Published In Tamaroa [Perry County] ...
- Perry County Watchman (from 1871)
- Perry County Watchman (from 1874)
- Tamaroa Watchman (from 18??)
- The Egyptian Spy (from 1859)
- The Tamaroa Bugle (from 1894)
- The Tamaroa Item (from 1878)
- The Tamaroa Times (from 1895)
- Published In Crab Orchard [Williamson County] ...
- The Crab Orchard Chronicle (from 1992)
- Published In De Soto [Jackson County] ...
- The Weekly Jacksonian Ventilator (from 1864)
- Published In McLeansboro [Hamilton County] ...
- Hamilton County Express (from 186?)
- Hamilton County Herald (from 1888)
- Hamilton Democrat (from 1866)
- Hamilton Sucker (from 1858)
- McLeansboro Herald (from 1881)
- McLeansboro Herald (from 1889)
- The Golden Era (from 1872)
- The first year of publication was in 1872, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Golden Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85033793
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12268875
- The Hamilton County Herald (from 18??)
- The Hamilton Express (from 18??)
- The Leader (from 1882)
- The M'Leansboro Times (from 18??)
- The March Of Progress (from 1935)
- The Progressive Era (from 1884)
- The Times-Leader (from 1933)
- The Union Eagle (from 1865)
- 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Benton. 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 Benton
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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 '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- Benton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Benton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0109, Longitude: -88.9180 In this case, the coordinates for Benton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |