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

Our newspaper information for Lake Piasa is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Piasa. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Lake Piasa. Our list contains 134 papers that were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Lake Piasa.

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 Lake Piasa.  

Newspapers Neighboring Lake Piasa ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km] of Lake Piasa.

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

  • Published In Brighton [Macoupin County] ...
  • Published In Alton [Madison County] ...
    • We know of 49 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Alton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Lake Piasa. This extended list includes all the papers from Alton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lake Piasa
  • Published In Jerseyville  ...
  • Published In Medora [Macoupin County] ...
    • Medora Cross Roads (from 188?)
    • Medora Messenger
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1926
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Medora Messenger
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082818
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15907444
  • Published In Shipman [Macoupin County] ...
    • Maroon And Gold (from 1927)
    • True Flag (from 187?)
      • Years of publication:  187? to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the True Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94054617
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29816355
  • Published In Bunker Hill [Macoupin County] ...
  • Published In Wood River [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Grafton  ...
    • Grafton Reporter (from 1849)
      • The first year of publication was in 1849, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Grafton Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054559
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23198979
    • The Backwoodsman (from 1837)
    • The Grafton Phoenix (from 1842)
  • Published In Kane [Greene County] ...
    • Kane Express (from 1873)
      • The first year of publication was in 1873, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Kane Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054792
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065223
    • The Kane Times (from 1874)
      • The first year of publication was in 1874, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Kane Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054788
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24840733
  • Published In Florissant [Saint Louis County] ...
  • Published In Edwardsville [Madison County] ...
  • Published In Worden [Madison County] ...
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Published In Ferguson [Saint Louis County] ...
    • Published In Benld [Macoupin County] ...
    • Published In Gillespie [Macoupin County] ...
      • Gillespie Area News (from 1995)
      • South County News (from 2004)
      • The Area News (from 1963)
      • The Gillespie News (from 19??)
      • The Record (from 1926)
    • Published In Staunton [Macoupin County] ...
      • Staunton Banner (from 1859)
        • The first year of publication was in 1859, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Staunton Banner
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89080080
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22446640
      • Staunton Star-Times (from 1910)
      • The Kwik Konnection (from 19??)
      • The Staunton Star (from 1906)
      • The Staunton Times (from 18??)
    • Published In Baden [Saint Louis City] ...
      • The Baden News (from 1927)
    • Published In Jennings [Saint Louis County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Piasa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Piasa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0228, Longitude: -90.1907       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Piasa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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