Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Mendota.
Our newspaper information for Mendota 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 19 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mendota. In addition, the list contains another 46 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mendota. In total, we've identified 65 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mendota.
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 Mendota.
Newspapers Published In Mendota ...
We know of 19 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mendota:
- Bulletin And News (from 1877)
- Mendota Bulletin-News (from 1878)
- Mendota Bulletin (from 18??)
- Mendota Bulletin (from 1863)
- Mendota Press (from 1855)
- Mendota Weekly Chronicle (from 1869)
- Paw Paw Press (from 1997)
- The Headlight (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 Headlight
- Holdings for: LCCN 2013257159
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 864037173
- The Mendota News (from 1874)
- The Mendota Observer (from 1859)
- The Mendota Reporter And The Mendota Sun-Bulletin (from 1927)
- The Mendota Reporter (from 1878)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- The Mendota Reporter (from 1956)
- The Mendota Sun-Bulletin (from 1914)
- The Mendota Weekly Press (from 1856)
- The Sun And The Mendota Bulletin (from 1896)
- The Sun Bulletin (from 1901)
- The Sun (from 1895)
- Years of publication: 1895 to 1896
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053250
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25807951
- The Telegram (from 1884)
Newspapers Neighboring Mendota ...
The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mendota.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Mendota.
- Published In Compton [Lee County] ...
- Compton Record (from 18??)
- Published In Earlville ...
- Earlville Gazette (from 1868)
- Earlville Post (from 2002)
- Earlville Transcript (from 187?)
- La Salle County Gazette-Express
- The Earlville Leader (from 1881)
- The Saturday Transcript (from 1872)
- Published In La Moille [Bureau County] ...
- LaMoille Chronicle (from 1871)
- The LaMoille Gazette (from 1889)
- Published In West Brooklyn [Lee County] ...
- West Brooklyn News (from 189?)
- Published In Paw Paw [Lee County] ...
- Lee County Times (from 18??)
- Paw Paw News (from 1874)
- Published In La Salle ...
- La Salle Daily Tribune (from 189?)
- La Salle Journal (from 1855)
- La Salle Reporter (from 1871)
- La Salle Watchman (from 1852)
- La Salle Weekly Tribune (from 18??)
- La Salle Weekly Tribune (from 18??)
- Lasalle Standard (from 1851)
- Semi-occasional Cedar Pointer (from 1896)
- The Daily Post
- 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 Daily Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053216
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25609849
- The Daily Post
- 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 Daily Post
- Holdings for: LCCN 2010262061
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 638993275
- The La Salle County Press (from 185?)
- The La Salle Independent (from 1874)
- The La Salle Republican (from 1886)
- The Real McCoy (from 195?)
- Tygodnik Katolicki (from 1902)
- Weekly Democratic Standard (from 185?)
- Published In Ladd [Bureau County] ...
- The Ladd Journal (from 19??)
- Published In Peru ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Peru. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Peru
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mendota. This extended list includes all the papers from Peru. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mendota
- Published In Utica ...
- The Utica Weekly Gazette
- Utica News (from 196?)
- Published In Leland ...
- The Leland Times
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1963
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Leland Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053228
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25668177
- The Leland Times (from 1971)
- The Times (from 1963)
- Published In Spring Valley [Bureau County] ...
- Bureau County Democrat (from 19??)
- Midland Gazette (from 1975)
- Spring Valley Gazette (from 191?)
- The Evening Gazette
- The Valley Times (from 1968)
- Published In Amboy [Lee County] ...
- Amboy Times (from 1856)
- Lee County Farm News (from 1922)
- Lee County Times (from 1855)
- The Amboy Journal (from 1870)
- The Amboy News (from 18??)
- The Amboy News (from 1899)
- The Lee County Farmer (from 1922)
- The Lee County Journal (from 1866)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Published In De Pue [Bureau County] ...
- The De Pue Leader (from 1916)
- Published In Ohio [Bureau County] ...
- The Ohio Herald
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1952
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Ohio Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053276
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25984969
- Published In Shabbona [DeKalb County] ...
- De Kalb County Express (from 192?)
- The Shabbona Express
- Waterman News (from 1935)
- Published In Ottawa ...
- We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ottawa. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Ottawa
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mendota. This extended list includes all the papers from Ottawa. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mendota
- Published In Granville [Putnam County] ...
- Putnam County Record (from 1927)
- The Granville Echo (from 1904)
- Published In Sheridan ...
- The Sheridan News Letter (from 1872)
- The Sherrard Bulletin
- The Temperance Union (from 1873)
- Published In Ashton [Lee County] ...
- Ashton Sentinel (from 1878)
- The Ashton Gazette (from 1895)
- The Ashton News (from 1889)
- The Ashton News (from 1873)
- The Ashton Press (from 1889)
- Published In Franklin Grove [Lee County] ...
- Franklin Reporter (from 1870)
- Published In Princeton [Bureau County] ...
- Bureau County Herald (from 1871)
- Bureau County News (from 1881)
- Bureau County Record
- Bureau County Republican (from 1989)
- Bureau County Tribune (from 1872)
- Bureau Valley Chief (from 1953)
- The Bureau Advocate (from 1848)
- The Bureau County Democrat (from 1856)
- The Bureau County Patriot (from 1862)
- The Bureau County Republican (from 1858)
- The Princeton Post (from 1852)
- The Princetonian (from 1852)
- Published In Somonauk [DeKalb County] ...
- Somonauk Reveille (from 1875)
- The Somonauk Reporter (from 1994)
- Published In Waterman [DeKalb County] ...
- Waterman Free Press (from 187?)
- Waterman Leader (from 1878)
- Published In Hennepin [Putnam County] ...
- Hennepin Herald, And Putnam And Bureau Advertiser (from 1845)
- Hennepin Journal (from 1837)
- Hennepin Tribune (from 1856)
- Hennepin Weekly Tribune (from 1856)
- Putnam County Life (from 1965)
- Putnam County Standard (from 1860)
- Putnam Standard (from 1860)
- The Daily Crank (from 1887)
- The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily Crank
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053264
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25920490
- The Hennepin Herald (from 1899)
- The Hennepin Record (from 1926)
- The Putnam County Record (from 1868)
- The Putnam Record (from 1869)
- The Weekly Crank (from 1887)
- Published In Tonica ...
- The Tonica Local (from 1871)
- Tonica News (from 1874)
- Published In Rochelle [Ogle County] ...
- Hub City Leader (from 1938)
- Morris' Rochelle Herald (from 1881)
- Northern Illinois Democrat (from 1933)
- Rapalee's Greenbacker (from 1879)
- Rochelle Free Lance (from 1896)
- Rochelle Herald (from 1883)
- Rochelle Home Journal (from 1928)
- Rochelle Leader (from 1934)
- Rochelle News-Leader (from 1994)
- The Daily Register (from 1874)
- The Life (from 1970)
- The National Greenbacker (from 1878)
- The Rochelle Independent Rochelle Register (from 1926)
- The Rochelle Independent (from 1897)
- The Rochelle Independent (from 1872)
- The Rochelle News (from 1921)
- The Rochelle Register (from 1865)
- The Rochelle Telephone (from 1879)
- The Semi-Weekly Rochelle Register (from 18??)
- The Tri-County Courier (from 1897)
- Published In Sandwich [DeKalb County] ...
- Free Press (from 1963)
- Sandwich Free Press (from 1970)
- Sandwich Free Press (from 1873)
- Sandwich Gazette (from 1860)
- Sandwich Record (from 1985)
- Sandwich Semi-Monthly News (from 1865)
- The Argus (from 1882)
- The Daily Argus (from 18??)
- The People's Press (from 1857)
- The Sandwich Argus (from 1885)
- The Sandwich Gazette (from 18??)
- The Weekly Argus (from 1878)
- Today
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Today
- Holdings for: LCCN SN83003320
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10066781
- Tri-County Today (from 1976)
- Published In Walnut [Bureau County] ...
- The Walnut Motor (from 18??)
- Walnut Leader (from 1892)
- Walnut Mail And Express (from 190?)
- Published In Creston [Ogle County] ...
- Morris' Creston Times (from 1881)
- The Creston Observer (from 1887)
- The Creston Observer (from 2002)
- The Creston Times (from 1872)
- Weekly Observer (from 2003)
- Published In Dixon [Lee County] ...
- We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Dixon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Dixon
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mendota. This extended list includes all the papers from Dixon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mendota
- Published In Newark [Kendall County] ...
- Daily Newman Independent (from 1891)
- Newman Independent (from 1896)
- The Independent (from 18??)
- The Independent (from 1894)
- The Midget (from 1885)
- The Newman Daily Independent (from 1897)
- The Newman Independent (from 1874)
- The Newman Independent (from 1905)
- The Newman Weekly Independent (from 1897)
- Published In Tiskilwa [Bureau County] ...
- Bureau County Independent (from 1953)
- Bureau Valley Chief (from 1969)
- The Tiskilwa Chief (from 18??)
- Tiskilwa Independent (from 1856)
- Tiskilwa Tidings (from 1884)
- Tiskilwa Weekly (from 195?)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Mendota: www.mendota.il.us/
The official website for La Salle County: www.lasallecounty.org/
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- Mendota) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mendota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5551, Longitude: -89.1051 In this case, the coordinates for Mendota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |