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

Our newspaper information for Hammond 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Hammond. In addition, the list contains another 55 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Hammond. In total, we've identified 57 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Hammond.

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 Hammond.  

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

Newspapers Published In Hammond ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Hammond:

Newspapers Neighboring Hammond ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Hammond.

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

  • Published In Atwood  ...
    • 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 Lovington [Moultrie County] ...
    • Lovington Free Press (from 1875)
    • Lovington Reporter (from 1891)
    • The Convention Herald (from 1895)
  • Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Bement  ...
  • Published In Cerro Gordo  ...
  • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
  • 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 Bethany [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Bethany Echo (from 189?)
  • Published In Sullivan [Moultrie County] ...
  • Published In Mount Zion [Macon County] ...
  • Published In Monticello  ...
  • Published In Tuscola [Douglas County] ...
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Published In Arcola [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Argenta [Macon County] ...
      • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
    • Published In Oreana [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Sadorus [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Pesotum [Champaign County] ...
      • Pesotum Chief (from 1914)
      • The Pesotum Tribune (from 1909)
      • The Reflector (from 1939)
    • Published In Decatur [Macon County] ...
      • 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 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Hammond. 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 Hammond.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Findlay [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Forsyth [Macon 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 De Land  ...
      • 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 Macon [Macon County] ...
      • 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 Villa Grove [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Mattoon [Coles County] ...
    • Published In Harristown [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Hindsboro [Douglas 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 Moweaqua [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Philo [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Warrensburg [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Blue Mound [Macon County] ...
      • 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 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 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Hammond. 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 Hammond.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Mahomet [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Mansfield  ...
      • 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

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The official website for Piatt County: www.piattcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hammond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hammond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7993, Longitude: -88.5923       In this case, the coordinates for Hammond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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