RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Illinois >> Mason County >> Mason City >> Local NewspapersIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Illinois


The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois







Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mason City 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mason City. In addition, the list contains another 182 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mason City. In total, we've identified 190 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Mason City.

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 Mason City.  

Newspapers Published In Mason City ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mason City:

  • Mason City Banner Times (from 19??)
  • Mason City Banner
    • 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 Mason City Banner
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054795
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065963
  • Mason City Independent (from 187?)
  • Mason City Journal (from 1871)
  • Mason County Herald (from 1888)
  • The Mason City News (from 1867)
  • The Mason City Times (from 1866)
  • The Mason City Times (from 189?)

Newspapers Neighboring Mason City ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Mason City.

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

  • Published In New Holland [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Easton  ...
  • Published In Greenview [Menard County] ...
  • Published In Middletown [Logan County] ...
    • Middletown Ledger (from 1905)
  • Published In Emden [Logan County] ...
    • The Emden News (from 1895)
  • Published In Delavan [Tazewell County] ...
  • Published In Manito  ...
    • Manito Review (from 1967)
    • The Express (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 Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054440
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25113974
    • The Manito Community Express (from 192?)
    • The Manito Express (from 18??)
  • Published In Petersburg [Menard County] ...
  • Published In Athens [Menard County] ...
    • Athens Free Press
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1970
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Athens Free Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92054442
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25114565
  • Published In Kilbourne  ...
  • Published In Lincoln [Logan County] ...
    • We know of 56 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lincoln. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lincoln
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Mason City. This extended list includes all the papers from Lincoln. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mason City
  • Published In Williamsville [Sangamon County] ...
    • The Index
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1908
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Index
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2010271302
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 550566305
    • The Williamsville Times (from 1894)
    • Williamsville Index (from 1908)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Published In Havana  ...
    • Published In Hopedale [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Tallula [Menard County] ...
      • Tallula Observer (from 1876)
      • The Express (from 18??)
      • The Standard (from 1929)
      • The Tallula Journal (from 1897)
      • The Tallula Standard (from 1932)
    • Published In Armington [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Atlanta [Logan County] ...
      • Atlanta Daily Argus (from 1895)
      • Logan County Forum (from 1856)
      • Logan County Journal (from 1865)
      • The Argus (from 187?)
      • The Argus (from 18??)
      • The Atlanta Argus And The Armington Helper (from 1964)
      • The Atlanta Argus-lens (from 1959)
      • The Atlanta Argus (from 1869)
      • The Atlanta Argus (from 1959)
      • The Atlanta Argus (from 1893)
      • The Atlanta Weekly Forum (from 1855)
      • Whang-doodle (from 1858)
        • The first year of publication was in 1858, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Whang-doodle
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082214
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15203716
    • Published In Tremont [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Minier [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Mount Pulaski [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Pekin [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Pleasant Plains [Sangamon County] ...
      • Pleasant Plains Advocate (from 1891)
      • Pleasant Plains Press (from 1935)
      • The Pleasant Plains Argus (from 1922)
      • The Review (from 1900)
      • The Tallula Record (from 1923)
      • The Weekly Press (from 1899)
      • West Sangamon Gazette (from 189?)
    • Published In Riverton [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Beason [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Chandlerville [Cass County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Mason City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mason County: www.masoncountyil.org/

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- Mason City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mason City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2024, Longitude: -89.6964    









 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024