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

Our newspaper information for Mount Zion 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 Mount Zion. In addition, the list contains another 289 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mount Zion. In total, we've identified 291 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mount Zion.

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 Mount Zion.  

Newspapers Published In Mount Zion ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Mount Zion ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mount Zion.

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

  • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
  • Published In Decatur  ...
    • We know of 80 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Decatur. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Decatur
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mount Zion. This extended list includes all the papers from Decatur. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mount Zion
  • Published In Macon  ...
    • The Macon News
    • The Macon Record
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Macon Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93056010
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29240661
  • Published In Cerro Gordo [Piatt County] ...
  • Published In Forsyth  ...
  • Published In Harristown  ...
  • Published In Oreana  ...
  • Published In Bethany [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Bethany Echo (from 189?)
  • Published In Blue Mound  ...
    • Blue Mound Leader (from 188?)
    • The Cyclone (from 1883)
      • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Cyclone
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054732
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848257
    • The Independent (from 1889)
      • The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054733
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848832
  • Published In Moweaqua [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Argenta  ...
    • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
  • Published In Lovington [Moultrie County] ...
    • Lovington Free Press (from 1875)
    • Lovington Reporter (from 1891)
    • The Convention Herald (from 1895)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Mount Zion: www.mtzion.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- Mount Zion) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Zion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7806, Longitude: -88.8826       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Zion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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