Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jacob.
Our newspaper information for Jacob 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 Jacob. In addition, the list contains another 117 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jacob. In total, we've identified 118 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jacob.
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 Jacob.
Newspapers Published In Jacob ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Jacob area:
- Mississippi Valley News (from 19??)
Newspapers Neighboring Jacob ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jacob.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Jacob.
- Published In Grand Tower ...
- Fountain Bluff News (from 1974)
- Grand Tower Item (from 1875)
- Grand Tower News (from 1901)
- Grand Tower Topic
- River Community News (from 1980)
- The Enterprise (from 1878)
- The first year of publication was in 1878, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054670
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27002516
- Published In Ava ...
- The Ava Advertiser (from 1888)
- The Ava Citizen
- 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 Ava Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87082230
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15207855
- The Ava Spokesman
- Published In Murphysboro ...
- Daily Era (from 1891)
- Daily Independent (from 1891)
- Daily Republican Era (from 19??)
- Daily Republican-Era (from 192?)
- Industrial Tribune (from 1878)
- Jackson County Era (from 18??)
- Murphysboro American (from 1982)
- Murphysboro Argus (from 18??)
- Murphysboro Daily Era (from 1891)
- Murphysboro Independent (from 190?)
- Murphysboro, Illinois Daily Republican-Era (from 1921)
- Southern Illinoisan (from 1949)
- The Holiday Herald (from 1888)
- The Independent (from 1874)
- The Jackson Democrat (from 1854)
- The Murmur (from 195?)
- The Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era (from 1920)
- The Murphysboro Republican (from 1898)
- The Murphysboro Republican (from 1898)
- The Republican Era (from 190?)
- The Union Farmer (from 19??)
- The Western Home Journal (from 18??)
- Weekly Independent (from 191?)
- Weekly Republican Era
- Published In Carbondale ...
- We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Carbondale. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Carbondale
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jacob. This extended list includes all the papers from Carbondale. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Jacob
- Published In De Soto ...
- The Weekly Jacksonian Ventilator (from 1864)
- Published In Perryville [Perry County] ...
- People's Forum (from 1874)
- Perry County Republican (from 1889)
- Perry County Republic (from 1975)
- Perryville Chronicle (from 1885)
- The Community Press Of Perryville (from 1981)
- The Community Press (from 1979)
- The Mid America Farmer Grower (from 1988)
- The MidAmerica Farmer (from 1987)
- The MidAmerica Regional Farmer (from 1987)
- The Monitor (from 1956)
- The New Era (from 1920)
- The New Republican Era (from 1913)
- The Perry County Republic-Monitor (from 1993)
- The Perry County Sun (from 1880)
- The Perryville Weekly Union (from 1870)
- The Weekly Perryville Union (from 1862)
- Published In Chester [Randolph County] ...
- Chester Herald And Commercial Advertiser (from 1849)
- Chester Herald-Tribune (from 1922)
- Chester Picket Guard (from 1862)
- Chester Reveille And Homestead Advocate (from 1848)
- Chester Reveille And Southern Illinois Advertiser (from 1847)
- Chester Tribune (from 1872)
- Egyptian Picket Guard (from 1862)
- Herald And Press (from 185?)
- Randolph County Democrat (from 1857)
- Randolph County Herald Tribune (from 1965)
- Southern Illinois Advocate (from 1839)
- The Chester Clarion (from 18??)
- The Chester Herald (from 1850)
- The Chester Herald
- The Chester Press (from 1928)
- The Chester Reveille (from 1849)
- The Daily Tribune (from 1894)
- The Valley Clarion (from 1868)
- Published In Elkville ...
- Elkville Journal (from 1922)
- Published In Percy [Randolph County] ...
- The County Journal (from 1980)
- Published In Steeleville [Randolph County] ...
- The Steeleville Budget (from 1894)
- The Steeleville Ledger (from 19??)
- Published In Menard [Randolph County] ...
- Menard Time (from 1934)
- Menard Time (from 1949)
- Mendon Dispatch And Loraine Times (from 1932)
- Mendon Dispatch-Times & Quincy Times (from 193?)
- Mendon Dispatch-Times (from 1932)
- Mendon Dispatch-Times (from 1937)
- The Mendon Dispatch (from 1878)
- Published In Cobden [Union County] ...
- Fruit-Growers' Journal (from 188?)
- The Cobden Review (from 1924)
- The Cobden Sentinel (from 188?)
- The Review (from 1959)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Published In Du Quoin [Perry County] ...
- Du Quoin Daily News And Du Quoin Review (from 1930)
- Du Quoin Daily News (from 1938)
- Du Quoin Evening Call (from 1897)
- Du Quoin Herald (from 18??)
- Du Quoin Mining Journal (from 1857)
- Du Quoin News (from 1938)
- Du Quoin Recorder (from 1866)
- Du Quoin Republican (from 1871)
- Stars And Stripes (from 1864)
- The Du Quoin Progress (from 1865)
- The Du Quoin Republican (from 1871)
- The Du Quoin Tribune (from 1867)
- Published In Jonesboro [Union County] ...
- Jonesboro Gazette And Egyptian Vindicator (from 1865)
- Jonesboro Gazette (from 1862)
- Jonesboro Gazette (from 1867)
- Jonesboro Gazette (from 1850)
- Jonesboro Weekly Gazette (from 1866)
- Jonesboro Weekly Gazette (from 1859)
- Jonesborough Gazette, And Southern Illinois Reflector (from 1849)
- The Advertiser (from 1871)
- The Egyptian Joker (from 1855)
- Published In Kaskaskia [Randolph County] ...
- Illinois Reporter (from 1826)
- Kaskaskia Democrat (from 1830)
- Kaskaskia Republican (from 1840)
- Kaskaskia Republican (from 1824)
- Randolph Free Press (from 1832)
- Republican Advocate (from 1823)
- The Illinois Herald (from 1814)
- The Western Intelligencer (from 1816)
- Western Democrat (from 1829)
- Published In Pinckneyville [Perry County] ...
- Perry County Advocate (from 1931)
- Perry County Banner (from 1869)
- Perry County Times (from 1856)
- The Advocate (from 1931)
- The Democrat (from 188?)
- The Democrat (from 188?)
- The Perry County Democrat (from 1878)
- The Perry County Monitor And Sun (from 1885)
- The Pinckneyville Advocate (from 1897)
- The Pinckneyville Independent (from 1875)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Jacob. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.il.us/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jacob) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jacob. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7457, Longitude: -89.5361 |