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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Nauvoo 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 27 papers that were published in the immediate area of Nauvoo. In addition, the list contains another 114 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Nauvoo. In total, we've identified 141 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Nauvoo.

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 Nauvoo.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Nauvoo ...

We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Nauvoo:

Newspapers Neighboring Nauvoo ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Nauvoo.

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

  • Published In Montrose [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Fort Madison [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Keokuk [Lee County] ...
    • We know of 57 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Keokuk. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Keokuk
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Nauvoo. This extended list includes all the papers from Keokuk. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Nauvoo.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Donnellson [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Hamilton  ...
  • Published In West Point [Lee County] ...
    • The Bee (from 1978)
      • Years of publication:  1978 to 1982
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Bee
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86060298
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 14387924
    • The West Point Bee (from 1893)
    • The West Point Post (from 1882)
    • West Point Appeal (from 1878)
    • West Point Bee (from 1982)
  • Published In Dallas City  ...
  • Published In Warsaw  ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Warsaw. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Warsaw
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Nauvoo. This extended list includes all the papers from Warsaw. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Nauvoo.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Alexandria [Clark County] ...
  • Published In Wayland [Clark County] ...
  • Published In Carthage  ...
  • Published In Waterloo [Clark County] ...
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Published In Lomax [Henderson County] ...
    • Published In Farmington [Van Buren County] ...
    • Published In Kahoka [Clark County] ...
      • Clark County Courier (from 1895)
      • Clark County Democrat (from 1878)
      • Clark County Leader (from 1988)
      • Hometown Journal (from 1991)
      • Kahoka Democrat (from 1879)
      • Kahoka Democrat (from 1879)
      • Kahoka Gazette-Herald (from 1889)
      • Kahoka Herald (from 1881)
      • The Free Press (from 1910)
      • The Kahoka Independent (from 1891)
      • The Kahoka Review (from 1899)
      • The Media (from 1977)
        • Years of publication:  1977 to current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Media
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90061065
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 20900550
      • The Review (from 1888)
    • Published In Danville [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In West Burlington [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In Beaverdale [Des Moines County] ...
    • Published In Burlington [Des Moines County] ...
      • We know of 65 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Burlington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Burlington
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Nauvoo. This extended list includes all the papers from Burlington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Nauvoo.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Fountain Green  ...
    • Published In La Harpe  ...
      • Hancock Democrat (from 1853)
      • La Harpe Amateur (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 La Harpe Amateur
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051283
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31160315
      • La Harpe Times (from 1904)
        • The first year of publication was in 1904, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the La Harpe Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN 2013219108
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 55001386
      • The Hancock County Quill (from 1973)
      • The La Harpe Leader (from 1874)
      • The La Harper (from 1875)
      • The Quill (from 1892)
    • Published In Bonaparte [Van Buren County] ...
    • Published In Salem [Henry County] ...
      • Salem News (from 1920)
      • Salem Register (from 1872)
      • Salem Weekly News (from 1921)
      • Salem Weekly News (from 1880)
      • The Salem Excelsior (from 1867)
      • The Salem News (from 1949)
    • Published In New London [Henry County] ...
    • Published In Luray [Clark County] ...
      • Luray News (from 18??)
    • Published In Bentonsport [Van Buren County] ...
    • Published In Blandinsville [McDonough County] ...
    • Published In Bowen  ...
    • Published In Stronghurst [Henderson County] ...
    • Published In Canton [Lewis County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Nauvoo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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' (or 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- Nauvoo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nauvoo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5498, Longitude: -91.3866    









 

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