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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bobtown 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 Bobtown. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bobtown. Our list contains 154 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bobtown.

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 Bobtown.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Bobtown ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Bobtown.

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

  • Published In Kilbourne [Mason County] ...
  • Published In Chandlerville [Cass County] ...
  • Published In Petersburg  ...
  • Published In Tallula  ...
    • Tallula Observer (from 1876)
    • The Express (from 18??)
    • The Standard (from 1929)
    • The Tallula Journal (from 1897)
    • The Tallula Standard (from 1932)
  • Published In Ashland [Cass County] ...
  • Published In Easton [Mason County] ...
  • Published In Greenview  ...
  • Published In Pleasant Plains [Sangamon County] ...
    • Pleasant Plains Advocate (from 1891)
    • Pleasant Plains Press (from 1935)
    • The Pleasant Plains Argus (from 1922)
    • The Review (from 1900)
    • The Tallula Record (from 1923)
    • The Weekly Press (from 1899)
    • West Sangamon Gazette (from 189?)
  • Published In Virginia [Cass County] ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Virginia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Virginia
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bobtown. This extended list includes all the papers from Virginia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bobtown.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Havana [Mason County] ...
  • Published In Athens  ...
    • Athens Free Press
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1970
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Athens Free Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054442
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25114565
  • Published In Mason City [Mason County] ...
    • Mason City Banner Times (from 19??)
    • Mason City 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 Mason City Banner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054795
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065963
    • Mason City Independent (from 187?)
    • Mason City Journal (from 1871)
    • Mason County Herald (from 1888)
    • The Mason City News (from 1867)
    • The Mason City Times (from 1866)
    • The Mason City Times (from 189?)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Published In Middletown [Logan County] ...
      • Middletown Ledger (from 1905)
    • Published In Astoria [Fulton County] ...
    • Published In New Holland [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Beardstown [Cass County] ...
      • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Beardstown. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Beardstown
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bobtown. This extended list includes all the papers from Beardstown. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bobtown.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Lewistown [Fulton County] ...
    • 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 New Berlin [Sangamon County] ...
      • New Berlin Advance (from 1874)
      • New Berlin Bee (from 1933)
      • New Berlin Tribune
        • 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 New Berlin Tribune
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054688
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22483150
      • The County Tribune (from 1999)
    • Published In Williamsville [Sangamon County] ...
      • The Index
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1908
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Index
        • Holdings for:   LCCN 2010271302
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 550566305
      • The Williamsville Times (from 1894)
      • Williamsville Index (from 1908)
    • Published In Ipava [Fulton County] ...
    • 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 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bobtown. 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 Bobtown.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Manito [Mason County] ...
      • Manito Review (from 1967)
      • The Express (from 1891)
        • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Express
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054440
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25113974
      • The Manito Community Express (from 192?)
      • The Manito Express (from 18??)
    • Published In Springfield [Sangamon County] ...
      • We know of 154 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Springfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Springfield
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Bobtown. This extended list includes all the papers from Springfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Bobtown.

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

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Bobtown. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bobtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bobtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0762, Longitude: -89.9882       In this case, the coordinates for Bobtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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