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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Johnston City 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 Johnston City. In addition, the list contains another 58 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Johnston City. In total, we've identified 62 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Johnston City.

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 Johnston City.  

Newspapers Published In Johnston City ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Johnston City ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Johnston City.

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

  • Published In Herrin  ...
  • Published In West Frankfort [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Marion  ...
  • Published In Zeigler [Franklin County] ...
    • The Zeigler Item (from 1921)
    • The Zeigler News (from 1919)
  • Published In Carterville  ...
    • The Carterville Herald
  • Published In Crab Orchard  ...
  • Published In Christopher [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Benton [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Creal Springs  ...
    • Creal Springs 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 Creal Springs News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054688
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27120000
  • Published In De Soto [Jackson County] ...
  • Published In Carbondale [Jackson County] ...
    • 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Johnston City. 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 Johnston City
  • Published In Elkville [Jackson County] ...
    • Elkville Journal (from 1922)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Published In Goreville [Johnson County] ...
    • Published In New Burnside [Johnson County] ...
      • New Burnside Bugler (from 1893)
      • New Burnside Journal (from 187?)
    • Published In Sesser [Franklin County] ...
    • Published In Du Quoin [Perry County] ...
    • Published In Harrisburg [Saline County] ...
    • Published In Raleigh [Saline County] ...
      • Raleigh Egyptian And Poet's Record (from 1853)
      • The Raleigh Flag (from 1856)
        • The first year of publication was in 1856, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Raleigh Flag
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054704
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27183043

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Johnston City. 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 '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- Johnston City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnston City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8210, Longitude: -88.9277    









 

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