Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marion.
Our newspaper information for Marion 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 21 papers that were published in the immediate area of Marion. In addition, the list contains another 41 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Marion. In total, we've identified 62 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Marion.
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 Marion.
Newspapers Published In Marion ...
We know of 21 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Marion:
- Marion Daily Leader (from 1897)
- Marion Democrat (from 1874)
- Marion Independent (from 1886)
- Marion Intelligencer (from 1855)
- Marion Semi-Weekly Leader
- Marion Weekly Leader (from 19??)
- Our Flag (from 1866)
- Years of publication: 1866 to 186?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Our Flag
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054689
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27125785
- Our Flag (from 1871)
- Years of publication: 1871 to 187?
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Our Flag
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054692
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27126106
- The Egyptian Press (from 1875)
- The Farmers' Advocate (from 1874)
- The Illinois Baptist (from 1906)
- The Leader (from 1887)
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- The Marion Daily Republican (from 19??)
- The Marion Evening Post (from 1902)
- The Marion Flag (from 1867)
- The Marion Monitor (from 1874)
- The Marion Post (from 1944)
- The Marion Record (from 186?)
- The Marion Weekly Flag (from 187?)
- The People's Friend (from 1870)
- The Twice-A-Week Egyptian Press (from 19??)
Newspapers Neighboring Marion ...
The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Marion.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Marion.
- Published In Johnston City ...
- Johnston City Progress (from 19??)
- The Herald (from 2004)
- The Progress
- 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 Progress
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054683
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27110097
- The Twice-A-Week Williamson County News (from 19??)
- Published In Crab Orchard ...
- The Crab Orchard Chronicle (from 1992)
- Published In Herrin ...
- Herrin Daily Journal (from 1926)
- Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald (from 1924)
- Herrin Spokesman (from 1957)
- Illinois Democrat (from 1961)
- La Tribuna Italiana (from 1909)
- Southern Illinoisan (from 1949)
- The Daily Journal (from 1947)
- The Egyptian Democrat (from 1944)
- The Egyptian Republican (from 1927)
- The Herrin Journal (from 1913)
- The Herrin News (from 1899)
- The Weekly Ad-Viser (from 1933)
- The Workers' Digest (from 1935)
- Published In Carterville ...
- Published In Creal Springs ...
- Published In West Frankfort [Franklin County] ...
- The Daily American (from 1920)
- The Daily American (from 19??)
- The Daily American (from 19??)
- The Frankfort American (from 19??)
- Published In Goreville [Johnson County] ...
- Goreville Record (from 1905)
- Published In New Burnside [Johnson County] ...
- New Burnside Bugler (from 1893)
- New Burnside Journal (from 187?)
- Published In Zeigler [Franklin County] ...
- The Zeigler Item (from 1921)
- The Zeigler News (from 1919)
- 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 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Marion. 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 Marion
- Published In Christopher [Franklin County] ...
- The Christopher News (from 1906)
- The Christopher Progress (from 19??)
- The Progress (from 1970)
- Published In De Soto [Jackson County] ...
- The Weekly Jacksonian Ventilator (from 1864)
- Published In Benton [Franklin County] ...
- Franklin Chronicle (from 1880)
- Franklin County Chronicle (from 1881)
- Franklin County Courier (from 1874)
- Franklin Democrat (from 1860)
- The Benton Evening News (from 1922)
- The Benton Republican (from 189?)
- The Benton Standard (from 1850)
- The Illinois Republican (from 1878)
- The Legal Tender (from 1879)
- Published In Elkville [Jackson County] ...
- Elkville Journal (from 1922)
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- Marion) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7308, Longitude: -88.9326 |