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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Medora 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Medora. In addition, the list contains another 87 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Medora. In total, we've identified 89 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Medora.

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 Medora.  

Newspapers Published In Medora ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Medora:

  • Medora Cross Roads (from 188?)
  • Medora Messenger
    • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1926
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Medora Messenger
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082818
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15907444

Newspapers Neighboring Medora ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Medora.

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

  • Published In Shipman  ...
    • Maroon And Gold (from 1927)
    • True Flag (from 187?)
      • Years of publication:  187? to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the True Flag
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94054617
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29816355
  • Published In Brighton  ...
  • Published In Jerseyville [Jersey County] ...
  • Published In Kane [Greene County] ...
    • Kane Express (from 1873)
      • The first year of publication was in 1873, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Kane Express
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054792
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25065223
    • The Kane Times (from 1874)
      • The first year of publication was in 1874, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Kane Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054788
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24840733
  • Published In Greenfield [Greene County] ...
  • Published In Bunker Hill  ...
  • Published In Carlinville  ...
  • Published In Carrollton [Greene County] ...
  • Published In Gillespie  ...
    • Gillespie Area News (from 1995)
    • South County News (from 2004)
    • The Area News (from 1963)
    • The Gillespie News (from 19??)
    • The Record (from 1926)
  • Published In Benld  ...
  • Published In Alton [Madison County] ...
    • We know of 49 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Alton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Medora. This extended list includes all the papers from Alton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Medora
  • Published In Palmyra  ...
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    • Published In Scottville  ...
    • Published In Grafton [Jersey County] ...
      • Grafton Reporter (from 1849)
        • The first year of publication was in 1849, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Grafton Reporter
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054559
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23198979
      • The Backwoodsman (from 1837)
      • The Grafton Phoenix (from 1842)
    • Published In Wood River [Madison County] ...
    • Published In Modesto  ...
      • The Weekly Transcript
    • Published In Staunton  ...
      • Staunton Banner (from 1859)
        • The first year of publication was in 1859, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Staunton Banner
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89080080
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22446640
      • Staunton Star-Times (from 1910)
      • The Kwik Konnection (from 19??)
      • The Staunton Star (from 1906)
      • The Staunton Times (from 18??)
    • Published In White Hall [Greene County] ...
    • Published In Mount Olive  ...
      • Mount Olive Herald (from 18??)
      • Teutonia (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 Teutonia
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054568
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23283776
    • Published In Worden [Madison County] ...
    • Published In Roodhouse [Greene County] ...
      • Harper's Weekly Herald (from 1877)
      • Roodhouse Headlight (from 1874)
      • Roodhouse Signal (from 1871)
      • The Daily Record
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in ????
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Daily Record
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054770
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24942520
      • The Evening Eye (from 1882)
      • The Roodhouse Eye (from 1894)
      • The Roodhouse Journal (from 18??)
      • The Roodhouse Record
      • The Weekly Eye (from 1882)

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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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Medora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Medora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1763, Longitude: -90.1419       In this case, the coordinates for Medora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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