Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jonesboro.
Our newspaper information for Jonesboro 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 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Jonesboro. In addition, the list contains another 89 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jonesboro. In total, we've identified 98 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Jonesboro.
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 Jonesboro.
Newspapers Published In Jonesboro ...
We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Jonesboro:
- 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)
Newspapers Neighboring Jonesboro ...
The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Jonesboro.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Jonesboro.
- Published In Anna ...
- Anna Union (from 1875)
- The Argus And Harbinger (from 1874)
- The Democrat
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1939
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93055613
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27646812
- The Farmer And Fruit Grower Of Southern Illinois (from 1881)
- The Farmer And Fruit Grower Of Southern Illinois (from 1881)
- The Farmer And Fruit Grower (from 1877)
- The Farmer And Fruit Grower (from 1877)
- The Gazette-Democrat And The Anna Talk (from 1945)
- The Gazette-Democrat, The Talk And Cobden Review (from 1968)
- The Gazette-Democrat (from 1939)
- The Talk (from 188?)
- The Talk (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 Talk
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87082190
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15200702
- Union Democrat (from 18??)
- Published In Cobden ...
- Fruit-Growers' Journal (from 188?)
- The Cobden Review (from 1924)
- The Cobden Sentinel (from 188?)
- The Review (from 1959)
- Published In Dongola ...
- The Dongola Record (from 1932)
- The Dongola Tri-County Record (from 1934)
- Published In Goreville [Johnson County] ...
- Goreville Record (from 1905)
- Published In Grand Tower [Jackson County] ...
- 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 Cape Girardeau [Cape Girardeau County] ...
- We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cape Girardeau. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Cape Girardeau
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Jonesboro. This extended list includes all the papers from Cape Girardeau. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Jonesboro
- 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 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Jonesboro. 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 Jonesboro
- Published In Vienna [Johnson County] ...
- Egyptian Democrat (from 1889)
- Johnson County Journal (from 1874)
- The Egyptian Artery (from 1868)
- The Johnson County Herald (from 1872)
- The Johnson County Yeoman (from 1874)
- The Reformer (from 18??)
- The Union Courier (from 1862)
- The Vienna Artery (from 186?)
- The Vienna Times (from 189?)
- Vienna Weekly Times (from 18??)
- Published In Illmo [Scott County] ...
- The Illmo Jimplicute (from 1914)
- The Jimplicute (from 1917)
- Published In Murphysboro [Jackson County] ...
- 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 Jackson [Cape Girardeau County] ...
- Cape County Post (from 1918)
- Deutscher Volksfreund (from 1886)
- Independent Patriot (from 1820)
- Jackson Courier (from 1853)
- Jackson Eagle (from 183?)
- Jackson Mercury And Cape Girardeau Farmer (from 1828)
- Jackson Post & Cash-book (from 1965)
- Southern Advocate (from 1838)
- Southern Democrat (from 1850)
- The Cash-book Journal (from 1977)
- The Jackson Herald (from 1897)
- The Jackson Items (from 1910)
- The Jackson Journal (from 1964)
- The Jackson Pioneer (from 1962)
- The Jeffersonian (from 1852)
- The Missouri Cash-book (from 1871)
- The Review (from 1845)
- The Southern Missouri Advocate (from 1838)
- Published In Commerce [Scott County] ...
- Commerce Dispatch (from 1869)
- The Dispatch (from 1867)
- Published In Carterville [Williamson County] ...
- Published In Mounds [Pulaski County] ...
- Mounds Independent (from 1924)
- News Press (from 1956)
- Pulaski County News Press (from 1956)
- The Mounds 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 Mounds News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93055657
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27863779
- The Pulaski County Enterprise-Independent (from 1957)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jonesboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jonesboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4521, Longitude: -89.2689 In this case, the coordinates for Jonesboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |