RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Illinois >> Macon County >> Harristown >> Local NewspapersIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Illinois

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois





Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Harristown 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 Harristown. In addition, the list contains another 100 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Harristown. In total, we've identified 101 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Harristown.

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 Harristown.  

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

Newspapers Published In Harristown ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Harristown ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Harristown.

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

  • Published In Niantic  ...
  • 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 Harristown. 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 Harristown.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Warrensburg  ...
  • Published In Forsyth  ...
  • Published In Illiopolis [Sangamon County] ...
  • 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 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 Mount Zion  ...
  • Published In Mount Auburn [Christian County] ...
  • Published In Oreana  ...
  • Published In Maroa  ...
    • 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 Chestnut [Logan County] ...
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • Published In Moweaqua [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Stonington [Christian County] ...
      • The Stonington Star
    • Published In Argenta  ...
      • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
    • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
      • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
    • Published In Mount Pulaski [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Cerro Gordo [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Kenney [De Witt County] ...
    • Published In Mechanicsburg [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Beason [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Bethany [Moultrie County] ...
      • The Bethany Echo (from 189?)
    • Published In Edinburg [Christian County] ...
      • Edinburg Herald (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 Edinburg Herald
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054611
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865858
      • The Edinburg Herald
    • Published In Assumption [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Taylorville [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Lovington [Moultrie County] ...
      • Lovington Free Press (from 1875)
      • Lovington Reporter (from 1891)
      • The Convention Herald (from 1895)
    • Published In Hammond [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Riverton [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Rochester [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Bement [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Lincoln [Logan County] ...
      • We know of 56 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lincoln. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lincoln
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Harristown. This extended list includes all the papers from Lincoln. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Harristown.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Wapella [De Witt County] ...
      • 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 Williamsville [Sangamon County] ...
      • The Index
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1908
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Index
        • Holdings for:   LCCN 2010271302
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 550566305
      • The Williamsville Times (from 1894)
      • Williamsville Index (from 1908)
    • Published In Findlay [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Waynesville [De Witt County] ...
    • Published In Monticello [Piatt 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 Sullivan [Moultrie County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Harristown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harristown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harristown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8430, Longitude: -89.0614       In this case, the coordinates for Harristown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024