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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Franklin Grove 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Franklin Grove. In addition, the list contains another 197 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Franklin Grove. In total, we've identified 198 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Franklin Grove.

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 Franklin Grove.  

Newspapers Published In Franklin Grove ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Franklin Grove area:

  • Franklin Reporter (from 1870)

Newspapers Neighboring Franklin Grove ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Franklin Grove.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Franklin Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8414, Longitude: -89.3006       In this case, the coordinates for Franklin Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).