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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:

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] ...
  • Published In Earlville  ...
  • Published In La Moille [Bureau County] ...
  • Published In West Brooklyn [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Paw Paw [Lee County] ...
    • Lee County Times (from 18??)
    • Paw Paw News (from 1874)
  • Published In La Salle  ...
  • 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] ...
  • Published In Amboy [Lee County] ...
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Published In De Pue [Bureau County] ...
    • 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] ...
    • Published In Sheridan  ...
    • Published In Ashton [Lee County] ...
    • Published In Franklin Grove [Lee County] ...
      • Franklin Reporter (from 1870)
    • Published In Princeton [Bureau County] ...
    • Published In Somonauk [DeKalb County] ...
    • Published In Waterman [DeKalb County] ...
      • Waterman Free Press (from 187?)
      • Waterman Leader (from 1878)
    • Published In Hennepin [Putnam County] ...
    • Published In Tonica  ...
      • The Tonica Local (from 1871)
      • Tonica News (from 1874)
    • Published In Rochelle [Ogle County] ...
    • 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] ...
    • Published In Creston [Ogle County] ...
    • 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] ...
    • Published In Tiskilwa [Bureau County] ...

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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).









 

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