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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Charleston 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 40 papers that were published in the immediate area of Charleston. In addition, the list contains another 29 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Charleston. In total, we've identified 69 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Charleston.

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 Charleston.  

Newspapers Published In Charleston ...

We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Charleston:

Newspapers Neighboring Charleston ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Charleston.

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

  • Published In Lerna  ...
  • Published In Ashmore  ...
    • Ashmore Record (from 1911)
    • Ashmore Republican (from 18??)
    • The Praire Youth (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Praire Youth
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051461
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31382869
    • The Prairie Youth (from 1884)
  • Published In Mattoon  ...
  • Published In Kansas [Edgar County] ...
  • Published In Hindsboro [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Oakland  ...
  • Published In Arcola [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...
  • Published In Casey [Clark County] ...
  • Published In Greenup [Cumberland County] ...
    • Cumberland Transcript (from 1859)
    • Greenup Press (from 1890)
    • Greenup Tribune (from 185?)
      • The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Greenup Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054120
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142378
    • The Cumberland Times (from 1882)
    • The Cumberland Tribune (from 1853)
    • The Greenup Expositor (from 1859)
    • The Greenup Mail (from 1871)
    • The Greenup Post (from 1893)
  • Published In Martinsville [Clark County] ...
    • Martinsville Express (from 1871)
    • The Martinsville Planet (from 1884)
  • Published In Neoga [Cumberland County] ...
    • The Neoga News (from 1876)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Published In Brocton [Edgar County] ...
    • Published In Oak Point [Clark County] ...
    • Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Tuscola [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Sigel [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Sullivan [Moultrie County] ...
    • Published In Strasburg [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Atwood [Piatt County] ...
      • 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 Marshall [Clark County] ...
      • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marshall. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marshall
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Charleston. This extended list includes all the papers from Marshall. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Charleston
    • Published In Villa Grove [Douglas County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Charleston: www.charlestonillinois.org/

The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Charleston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charleston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4843, Longitude: -88.1770    









 

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