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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:

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  ...
  • Published In Crab Orchard  ...
  • Published In Herrin  ...
  • Published In Carterville  ...
    • The Carterville Herald
  • Published In Creal Springs  ...
    • Creal Springs News
      • 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 Creal Springs News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054688
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27120000
  • Published In West Frankfort [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Goreville [Johnson County] ...
  • 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] ...
  • Published In De Soto [Jackson County] ...
  • Published In Benton [Franklin County] ...
  • Published In Elkville [Jackson County] ...
    • Elkville Journal (from 1922)

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- 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