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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Lexington 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 Lexington. In addition, the list contains another 228 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Lexington. In total, we've identified 237 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lexington.

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 Lexington.  

Newspapers Published In Lexington ...

We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Lexington:

Newspapers Neighboring Lexington ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lexington.

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

  • Published In Chenoa  ...
  • Published In Cooksville  ...
    • The Weekly Advocate (from 189?)
  • Published In Gridley  ...
  • Published In Towanda  ...
  • Published In Colfax  ...
  • Published In Hudson  ...
  • Published In El Paso [Woodford County] ...
  • Published In Ellsworth  ...
  • Published In Normal  ...
  • Published In Arrowsmith  ...
  • Published In Bloomington  ...
    • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bloomington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bloomington
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Lexington. This extended list includes all the papers from Bloomington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Lexington
  • Published In Fairbury [Livingston County] ...
    • Fairbury Journal (from 1866)
    • Fairbury Weekly Independent (from 1876)
    • Livingston Citizen (from 19??)
    • Livingston County Blade (from 187?)
    • The Blade (from 1990)
      • Years of publication:  1990 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Blade
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055961
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28716916
    • The Blade (from 1884)
    • The Blade (from 1900)
    • The Blade (from 190?)
    • The Blade (from 1915)
    • The Daily Blade (from 1884)
    • The Daily Blade (from 1903)
    • The Daily Blade (from 1909)
    • The Daily Independent-Blade (from 1882)
    • The Daily Local Record
    • The Fair-dealer (from 1893)
      • The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Fair-dealer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054822
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22607781
    • The Fairbury Blade (from 1922)
    • The Fairbury Independent (from 1871)
    • The Independent-Blade (from 1877)
    • The Local Record
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1947
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Local Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054128
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22722355
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • Published In Flanagan [Livingston County] ...
      • The Flanagan Home Times (from 1964)
      • The Home Times
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1964
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Home Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054126
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22695667
    • Published In Carlock  ...
      • Carlock Booster (from 193?)
      • The Carlock Chronicle (from 1962)
      • The Quill (from 19??)
        • Years of publication:  19?? to current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Quill
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00061596
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 45699909
    • Published In Pontiac [Livingston County] ...
    • Published In Danvers  ...
    • Published In Forrest [Livingston County] ...
    • Published In Le Roy  ...
    • Published In Sibley [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Benson [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Minonk [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Cornell [Livingston County] ...
      • The Cornell Journal
    • Published In Gibson City [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Heyworth  ...
      • Heyworth Natural Gas
      • Heyworth Reporter (from 189?)
        • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Heyworth Reporter
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054528
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21401521
      • The Heyworth Star (from 1923)
    • Published In Roanoke [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Bellflower  ...
    • Published In Long Point [Livingston County] ...
      • The Long Point Advocate
    • Published In Chatsworth [Livingston County] ...
    • Published In Eureka [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Rutland [La Salle County] ...
    • Published In Stanford  ...
    • Published In Deer Creek [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Farmer City [De Witt County] ...
    • Published In Melvin [Ford County] ...
      • Melvin Transcript (from 189?)
      • The Melvin Motor (from 1908)
    • Published In Odell [Livingston County] ...
    • Published In Mackinaw [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In McLean  ...
      • The Bee (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 Bee
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051192
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30689759
      • The Bug (from 188?)
        • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Bug
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051237
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853710
      • The Buzz-saw (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 Buzz-saw
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051239
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31142539
      • The McLean County News (from 1959)
      • The McLean Gazette (from 18??)
      • The McLean Lens (from 1959)
      • The McLean Lens
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1959
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The McLean Lens
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054538
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21437467
    • Published In Toluca [Marshall County] ...
    • Published In Wapella [De Witt County] ...
      • The Independent (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 Independent
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054551
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21792912
      • The Wapella Herald

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The official website for McLean County: www.mclean.gov/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lexington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6436, Longitude: -88.7871       In this case, the coordinates for Lexington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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