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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Farmer City 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 15 papers that were published in the immediate area of Farmer City. In addition, the list contains another 191 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Farmer City. In total, we've identified 206 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Farmer City.

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 Farmer City.  

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

Newspapers Published In Farmer City ...

We know of 15 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Farmer City:

Newspapers Neighboring Farmer City ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Farmer City.

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

  • Published In Mansfield [Piatt County] ...
    • Mansfield Daily Express (from 1895)
    • Mansfield Express (from 1887)
      • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Mansfield Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90068359
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21769075
    • The Mansfield Express
  • Published In Bellflower [McLean County] ...
  • Published In De Land [Piatt County] ...
    • The De Land Tribune (from 1904)
    • The Tribune
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1903
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053171
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25489345
  • Published In Le Roy [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Arrowsmith [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Mahomet [Champaign County] ...
  • Published In Ellsworth [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Monticello [Piatt County] ...
  • Published In Fisher [Champaign County] ...
  • Published In Wapella  ...
    • The Independent (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 Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054551
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21792912
    • The Wapella Herald
  • Published In Heyworth [McLean County] ...
    • Heyworth Natural Gas
    • Heyworth Reporter (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Heyworth Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054528
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21401521
    • The Heyworth Star (from 1923)
  • Published In Argenta [Macon County] ...
    • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Published In Cooksville [McLean County] ...
      • The Weekly Advocate (from 189?)
    • Published In Gibson City [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Maroa [Macon County] ...
      • Maroa Sentinel (from 1938)
      • The Maroa Times (from 1867)
      • The Maroa Weekly News (from 1872)
      • The News-Times
        • 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 News-Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082810
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15902629
      • The Prairie Post (from 1958)
    • Published In Bement [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Colfax [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Champaign [Champaign County] ...
      • We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Champaign. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Champaign
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Farmer City. This extended list includes all the papers from Champaign. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Farmer City.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Ivesdale [Champaign County] ...
      • The Ivesdale Item (from 1893)
      • The Ivesdale News
        • 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 Ivesdale News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053121
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25188782
      • The Ivesdale News (from 1938)
    • Published In Bloomington [McLean County] ...
      • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bloomington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bloomington
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Farmer City. This extended list includes all the papers from Bloomington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Farmer City.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Oreana [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Sadorus [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Urbana [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Cerro Gordo [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Kenney  ...
    • Published In Normal [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Towanda [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Waynesville  ...
    • Published In Rantoul [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Tolono [Champaign County] ...
      • County Star (from 1979)
      • South Side Journal (from 1957)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 1875)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 192?)
      • The Tolono Journal (from 1874)
      • Tolono Weekly Herald (from 1876)
    • Published In Forsyth [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Sibley [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Lexington [McLean County] ...
    • Published In McLean [McLean County] ...
      • The Bee (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 Bee
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051192
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30689759
      • The Bug (from 188?)
        • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Bug
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051237
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853710
      • The Buzz-saw (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 Buzz-saw
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051239
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31142539
      • The McLean County News (from 1959)
      • The McLean Gazette (from 18??)
      • The McLean Lens (from 1959)
      • The McLean Lens
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1959
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The McLean Lens
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054538
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21437467
    • Published In Beason [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Hudson [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Melvin [Ford County] ...
      • Melvin Transcript (from 189?)
      • The Melvin Motor (from 1908)
    • Published In Pesotum [Champaign County] ...
      • Pesotum Chief (from 1914)
      • The Pesotum Tribune (from 1909)
      • The Reflector (from 1939)
    • Published In Philo [Champaign County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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The official website for De Witt County: www.dewittcountyill.com/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farmer City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Farmer City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2476, Longitude: -88.6418       In this case, the coordinates for Farmer City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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