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

Our newspaper information for Mattoon 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mattoon. In addition, the list contains another 202 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mattoon. In total, we've identified 226 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mattoon.

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 Mattoon.  

Newspapers Published In Mattoon ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mattoon:

Newspapers Neighboring Mattoon ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mattoon.

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

  • Published In Lerna  ...
  • Published In Charleston  ...
    • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Charleston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Charleston
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Mattoon. This extended list includes all the papers from Charleston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mattoon
  • Published In Neoga [Cumberland County] ...
    • The Neoga News (from 1876)
  • Published In Arcola [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Sullivan [Moultrie County] ...
  • Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Strasburg [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...
  • Published In Hindsboro [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Sigel [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Ashmore  ...
    • Ashmore Record (from 1911)
    • Ashmore Republican (from 18??)
    • The Praire Youth (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Praire Youth
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051461
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31382869
    • The Prairie Youth (from 1884)
  • Published In Greenup [Cumberland County] ...
    • Cumberland Transcript (from 1859)
    • Greenup Press (from 1890)
    • Greenup Tribune (from 185?)
      • The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Greenup Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054120
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142378
    • The Cumberland Times (from 1882)
    • The Cumberland Tribune (from 1853)
    • The Greenup Expositor (from 1859)
    • The Greenup Mail (from 1871)
    • The Greenup Post (from 1893)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...

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

The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.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 '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- Mattoon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mattoon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4837, Longitude: -88.3758    









 

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