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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for McLean 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of McLean. In addition, the list contains another 222 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded McLean. In total, we've identified 229 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of McLean.

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 McLean.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In McLean ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of McLean:

  • The Bee (from 1883)
    • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Bee
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051192
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30689759
  • The Bug (from 188?)
    • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Bug
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051237
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853710
  • The Buzz-saw (from 1883)
    • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Buzz-saw
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051239
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31142539
  • The McLean County News (from 1959)
  • The McLean Gazette (from 18??)
  • The McLean Lens (from 1959)
  • The McLean Lens
    • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1959
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The McLean Lens
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054538
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21437467

Newspapers Neighboring McLean ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of McLean.

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

  • 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 Waynesville [De Witt County] ...
  • Published In Armington [Tazewell County] ...
  • Published In Stanford  ...
  • Published In Heyworth  ...
    • Heyworth Natural Gas
    • Heyworth Reporter (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Heyworth Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054528
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21401521
    • The Heyworth Star (from 1923)
  • Published In Beason [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Minier [Tazewell County] ...
  • Published In Wapella [De Witt County] ...
    • The Independent (from 1883)
      • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054551
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21792912
    • The Wapella Herald
  • Published In Bloomington  ...
    • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bloomington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bloomington
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of McLean. This extended list includes all the papers from Bloomington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for McLean.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Danvers  ...
  • Published In Hopedale [Tazewell County] ...
  • Published In Kenney [De Witt County] ...
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for McLean County: www.mclean.gov/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McLean) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McLean. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3155, Longitude: -89.1703       In this case, the coordinates for McLean have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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