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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Cairo 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 59 papers that were published in the immediate area of Cairo. In addition, the list contains another 54 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Cairo. In total, we've identified 113 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Cairo.

Newspapers Published In Cairo ...

We know of 59 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Cairo:

Newspapers Neighboring Cairo ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Cairo.

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

  • Published In Mound City [Pulaski County] ...
  • Published In Wickliffe [Ballard County] ...
    • Advance-Yeoman (from 1947)
    • The Ballard Yeoman (from 1892)
  • Published In Mounds [Pulaski County] ...
  • Published In La Center [Ballard County] ...
    • La Center Advance (from 190?)
    • Liberty (from 19??)
      • Published during 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   Liberty
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN88061275
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 18944801
      • ISSN Number:   1942-0005
    • The Ballard County News (from 1968)
    • The Weekly Advance (from 1912)
  • Published In Charleston [Mississippi County] ...
  • Published In Bardwell [Carlisle County] ...
  • Published In Bertrand [Mississippi County] ...
  • Published In Commerce [Scott County] ...
    • Commerce Dispatch (from 1869)
    • The Dispatch (from 1867)
  • Published In East Prairie [Mississippi County] ...
  • Published In Joppa [Massac County] ...
    • Joppa Enterprise (from 1911)
  • Published In Benton [Scott County] ...
    • Scott County Kicker (from 1901)
    • The Benton Record (from 1879)
    • The News Boy (from 1888)
      • Years of publication:  1888 to 1901
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card:   The News Boy
      • Holdings:   LCCN SN89066235
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19091250
      • ISSN Number:   2166-8140
  • Published In Illmo [Scott County] ...
  • Published In Dongola [Union County] ...
  • Published In Morley [Scott County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cairo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cairo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0069, Longitude: -89.1775