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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lancaster 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 Lancaster. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Lancaster. Our list contains 80 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lancaster.

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 Lancaster.  

Newspapers Neighboring Lancaster ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Lancaster.

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

  • Published In West Salem [Edwards County] ...
  • Published In Mount Carmel  ...
  • Published In Sumner [Lawrence County] ...
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1895)
    • Lawrence County Press (from 1876)
    • Sumner Advocate (from 1891)
      • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054064
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23806218
    • The Sumner Democrat (from 1891)
    • The Sumner Press (from 1882)
  • Published In Bridgeport [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Saint Francisville [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Albion [Edwards County] ...
  • Published In Lawrenceville [Lawrence County] ...
    • American Banner (from 18??)
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1868)
    • Lawrence County Democrat (from 1871)
    • Lawrence County Journal (from 1867)
    • Lawrence County News (from 1895)
    • Lawrenceville Banner (from 1847)
    • Lawrenceville Republican (from 18??)
    • Star Spangled Banner (from 1847)
    • The American Banner (from 1855)
    • The Daily Record (from 1922)
    • The Democratic Herald (from 1872)
    • The Rural Republican (from 1873)
    • The Western Globe (from 18??)
  • Published In Olney [Richland County] ...
  • Published In Princeton [Gibson County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Princeton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Princeton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lancaster. This extended list includes all the papers from Princeton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lancaster
  • Published In Vincennes [Knox County] ...
    • We know of 48 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vincennes. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vincennes
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Lancaster. This extended list includes all the papers from Vincennes. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lancaster
  • Published In Grayville [White County] ...
  • Published In Noble [Richland County] ...
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Published In Owensville [Gibson County] ...
    • Published In Flat Rock [Crawford County] ...
    • Published In Fort Branch [Gibson County] ...
      • Fort Branch Times (from 1955)
    • Published In Poseyville [Posey County] ...
    • Published In Sainte Marie [Jasper County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Lancaster. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lancaster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lancaster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5478, Longitude: -87.8653       In this case, the coordinates for Lancaster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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