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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Elwin 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 Elwin. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Elwin. Our list contains 293 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Elwin.

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 Elwin.  

Newspapers Neighboring Elwin ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Elwin.

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

  • Published In Macon  ...
    • 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 Decatur  ...
    • 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 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Elwin. 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 Elwin
  • Published In Mount Zion  ...
  • Published In Harristown  ...
  • Published In Blue Mound  ...
    • Blue Mound Leader (from 188?)
    • The Cyclone (from 1883)
      • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Cyclone
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054732
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848257
    • The Independent (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 Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054733
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848832
  • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
  • Published In Forsyth  ...
  • Published In Moweaqua [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Niantic  ...
  • Published In Warrensburg  ...
  • Published In Oreana  ...
  • Published In Illiopolis [Sangamon County] ...
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...

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- Elwin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elwin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7789, Longitude: -88.9801       In this case, the coordinates for Elwin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).