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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Morris 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 23 papers that were published in the immediate area of Morris. In addition, the list contains another 54 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Morris. In total, we've identified 77 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Morris.

Newspapers Published In Morris ...

We know of 23 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Morris:

Newspapers Neighboring Morris ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Morris.

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

  • Published In Mazon  ...
  • Published In Coal City  ...
    • The Coal City Courant
  • Published In Minooka  ...
  • Published In Seneca [La Salle County] ...
    • Seneca Weekly Journal (from 1873)
    • The Bumble Bee (from 1893)
    • The Seneca News (from 1895)
      • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Seneca News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053259
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25816108
  • Published In Plattville [Kendall County] ...
  • Published In Braidwood [Will County] ...
  • Published In Gardner  ...
    • Gardner Independent (from 1876)
    • The Chronicle (from 18??)
    • The Enterprise (from 1876)
    • The Gardner Chronicle (from 191?)
  • Published In Marseilles [La Salle County] ...
  • Published In Newark [Kendall County] ...
  • Published In Wilmington [Will County] ...
  • Published In Sheridan [La Salle County] ...
  • Published In Dwight [Livingston County] ...
  • Published In Ransom [La Salle County] ...
    • The Ransom Journal

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morris) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3690, Longitude: -88.4219