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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Gardner 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Gardner. In addition, the list contains another 103 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Gardner. In total, we've identified 107 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Gardner.

Newspapers Published In Gardner ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Gardner:

  • Gardner Independent (from 1876)
  • The Chronicle (from 18??)
  • The Enterprise (from 1876)
  • The Gardner Chronicle (from 191?)

Newspapers Neighboring Gardner ...

The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Gardner.

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

  • Published In Coal City  ...
    • The Coal City Courant
  • Published In Mazon  ...
  • Published In Reddick [Kankakee County] ...
  • Published In Braidwood [Will County] ...
  • Published In Dwight [Livingston County] ...
  • Published In Wilmington [Will County] ...
  • Published In Morris  ...
  • Published In Herscher [Kankakee County] ...
    • Herscher Pilot (from 1976)
    • Herscher Press (from 19??)
    • The Herscher Pilot
  • Published In Emington [Livingston County] ...
  • Published In Odell [Livingston County] ...
  • Published In Ransom [La Salle County] ...
    • The Ransom Journal
  • Published In Seneca [La Salle County] ...
    • Seneca Weekly Journal (from 1873)
    • The Bumble Bee (from 1893)
    • The Seneca News (from 1895)
      • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Seneca News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053259
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25816108
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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- Gardner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gardner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1876, Longitude: -88.3115       In this case, the coordinates for Gardner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).