Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Little Rock.
Our newspaper information for Little Rock 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 Little Rock. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Little Rock. Our list contains 29 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Little Rock.
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 Little Rock.
Newspapers Neighboring Little Rock ...
The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Little Rock.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Little Rock.
- Published In Hinckley [DeKalb County] ...
- Country Courier (from 1991)
- Hinckley Review (from 1878)
- The Review (from 1986)
- Published In Plano ...
- Kendall County Journal (from 1856)
- Plano Record (from 19??)
- Plano Times (from 1884)
- The Kendall County News (from 18??)
- The Plano Mirror (from 1868)
- The Plano Pivot (from 1885)
- The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Plano Pivot
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93055442
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27732983
- Published In Sandwich [DeKalb County] ...
- Free Press (from 1963)
- Sandwich Free Press (from 1970)
- Sandwich Free Press (from 1873)
- Sandwich Gazette (from 1860)
- Sandwich Record (from 1985)
- Sandwich Semi-Monthly News (from 1865)
- The Argus (from 1882)
- The Daily Argus (from 18??)
- The People's Press (from 1857)
- The Sandwich Argus (from 1885)
- The Sandwich Gazette (from 18??)
- The Weekly Argus (from 1878)
- Today
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Today
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83003320
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10066781
- Tri-County Today (from 1976)
- Published In Bristol ...
- Kendall Clarion (from 1860)
- Published In Somonauk [DeKalb County] ...
- Somonauk Reveille (from 1875)
- The Somonauk Reporter (from 1994)
- Published In Yorkville ...
- Kendall County Record (from 1864)
- The News (from 1872)
- The Yorkville News (from 1872)
- Published In Waterman [DeKalb County] ...
- Waterman Free Press (from 187?)
- Waterman Leader (from 1878)
- Published In Oswego ...
- Fox Valley Sentinel (from 1974)
- Kendall County Courier (from 1853)
- Kendall County Free Press (from 1857)
- Ledger-Sentinel (from 1980)
- Oswego News (from 1948)
- The Oswego Herald (from 1904)
- The Oswego Ledger (from 1949)
- Published In Elburn [Kane County] ...
- Chronicle West (from 1978)
- The Elburn Enterprise (from 1893)
- The Elburn Herald (from 1908)
- The Elburn Record (from 18??)
- The Elburn Weekly Record (from 1889)
- The Kane County Farmer (from 1946)
- Published In Newark ...
- Daily Newman Independent (from 1891)
- Newman Independent (from 1896)
- The Independent (from 18??)
- The Independent (from 1894)
- The Midget (from 1885)
- The Newman Daily Independent (from 1897)
- The Newman Independent (from 1874)
- The Newman Independent (from 1905)
- The Newman Weekly Independent (from 1897)
- Published In Aurora [Kane County] ...
- We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aurora. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aurora
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Little Rock. This extended list includes all the papers from Aurora. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Little Rock
- Published In Leland [La Salle County] ...
- The Leland Times
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1963
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Leland Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053228
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25668177
- The Leland Times (from 1971)
- The Times (from 1963)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Published In Cortland [DeKalb County] ...
- The Enterprise (from 1877)
- The first year of publication was in 1877, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053436
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27110890
- Published In Sheridan [La Salle County] ...
- The Sheridan News Letter (from 1872)
- The Sherrard Bulletin
- The Temperance Union (from 1873)
- Published In Shabbona [DeKalb County] ...
- De Kalb County Express (from 192?)
- The Shabbona Express
- Waterman News (from 1935)
- Published In Batavia [Kane County] ...
- Batavia Bulletin-Record (from 1891)
- Batavia Chronicle (from 1976)
- Batavia Herald (from 1893)
- Batavia Weekly Argus (from 18??)
- Batavia Windmill (from 199?)
- Fox River Star (from 1909)
- North Aurora Herald (from 199?)
- Rock City Record (from 18??)
- Sugar Grove Herald Blackberry Press (from 199?)
- The Batavia News (from 1869)
- The Batavia Weekly News (from 1869)
- The Daily Tribune (from 1904)
- The Forest Press (from 1904)
- The Fox River Times (from 1875)
- The Herald (from 1962)
- Windmill Herald (from 1990)
- Windmill News (from 1982)
- Windmill News (from 1987)
- Published In Plattville ...
- The Little Joker (from 18??)
- Published In De Kalb [DeKalb County] ...
- De Kalb County Chronicle (from 1879)
- De Kalb County Leader (from 1925)
- De Kalb County News (from 1867)
- De Kalb Daily Independent (from 1915)
- De Kalb Evening Chronicle (from 1895)
- DeKalb County Journal (from 1970)
- DeKalb Daily Index (from 1878)
- Dekalb Sentinel (from 1936)
- Dekalb Weekly Times (from 1860)
- News From Nowhere (from 1968)
- News From Nowhere (from 1968)
- Northern Star
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Northern Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96071124
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36064715
- Sunday Journal (from 1969)
- The Daily Chronicle (from 1970)
- The De Kalb Advertiser (from 1904)
- The De Kalb Chronicle (from 1885)
- The De Kalb Review (from 1883)
- The DeKalb Chronicle (from 1907)
- The DeKalb Daily Advertiser (from 191?)
- The DeKalb Daily Chronicle (from 1909)
- The DeKalb Daily News (from 1907)
- The Evening Star (from 1880)
- The Malta Chronicle (from 18??)
- The Malta Mail
- 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 Malta Mail
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053435
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27110852
- The Midweek (from 19??)
- Published In Geneva [Kane County] ...
- Geneva Chronicle (from 1974)
- Geneva Patrol (from 1899)
- Kane County Advertiser (from 18??)
- Kane County Republican (from 185?)
- The Friday Patrol (from 1909)
- The Geneva Republican (from 1909)
- The Geneva Republican (from 1878)
- The Owl (from 1886)
- The Patrol (from 1884)
- The Patrol (from 1904)
- The Public Good (from 1914)
- The Tuesday Patrol (from 1909)
- The Womans' Republican (from 18??)
- Twice-A-Week Republican (from 1896)
- Western Mercury (from 18??)
- Published In Saint Charles [Kane County] ...
- Bartlett Press (from 2007)
- Prairie Messenger (from 1846)
- St. Charles Leader (from 18??)
- St. Charles Patriot And Fox River Herald (from 1842)
- The Age (from 1843)
- Years of publication: 1843 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Age
- Holdings for: LCCN SN82006885
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8807999
- The Batavia Republican
- The Elburn Republican (from 1981)
- The North Aurora Republican (from 1981)
- The Northern Granger (from 1873)
- The Peoples Platform (from 1848)
- The Saint Charles Review (from 1878)
- The St. Charles Chronicle
- The St. Charles Republican (from 1989)
- The St. Charles Transcript (from 1871)
- The Sugar Grove Republican
- The Valley Chronicle (from 1881)
- Published In Sycamore [DeKalb County] ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sycamore. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Sycamore
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Little Rock. This extended list includes all the papers from Sycamore. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Little Rock
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Little Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kendall County: www.co.kendall.il.us/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Little Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7175, Longitude: -88.5762 In this case, the coordinates for Little Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |