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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mokena 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mokena. In addition, the list contains another 42 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mokena. In total, we've identified 46 papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Mokena.

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 Mokena.  

Newspapers Published In Mokena ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mokena:

Newspapers Neighboring Mokena ...

The following newspapers were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Mokena.

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

  • Published In Tinley Park [Cook County] ...
    • Frankfort-Mokena-New Lenox Star/Herald (from 1976)
    • Southtown Star (from 2007)
    • The Christian Citizen (from 1972)
    • The Star (from 1983)
      • Years of publication:  1983 to 200?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83003568
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10149742
    • The Star (from 1989)
    • The Star (from 1989)
    • The Star (from 19??)
    • The Star (from 1989)
    • The Star (from 19??)
    • The Star (from 19??)
    • The Star (from 1989)
    • The Tinley Park Times Herald (from 1971)
    • Tinley Park Star/Tribune (from 197?)
    • Tinley Park Times (from 1929)
  • Published In Orland Park [Cook County] ...
  • Published In Lockport  ...
  • Published In Joliet  ...
    • We know of 67 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Joliet. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Joliet
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Mokena. This extended list includes all the papers from Joliet. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mokena
  • Published In Midlothian [Cook County] ...
  • Published In Monee  ...
    • Monee Market (from 1886)
      • The first year of publication was in 1886, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Monee Market
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95066055
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32038994
    • The Monee Review (from 19??)
  • Published In Palos Heights [Cook County] ...
    • Reporter (from 1992)
      • Years of publication:  1992 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002060724
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 48984827
    • The Palos Regional (from 1941)
    • The Regional News (from 1982)
    • The Reporter (from 1992)
    • The Reporter (from 1993)
    • Worth-Ridge Reporter (from 1992)
  • Published In Park Forest [Cook County] ...
    • Park Forest Reporter (from 1949)
    • The Star (from 19??)
      • Years of publication:  19?? to 200?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83003543
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10134067
  • Published In Lemont [Cook County] ...
    • We know of 30 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lemont. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lemont
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of Mokena. This extended list includes all the papers from Lemont. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mokena
  • Published In Robbins [Cook County] ...
  • Published In Worth [Cook County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Mokena: www.mokena.org/

The official website for Will County: www.willcountyillinois.com/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mokena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mokena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5324, Longitude: -87.8785       In this case, the coordinates for Mokena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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