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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Newton 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 15 papers that were published in the immediate area of Newton. In addition, the list contains another 178 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Newton. In total, we've identified 193 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Newton.

Newspapers Published In Newton ...

We know of 15 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Newton:

Newspapers Neighboring Newton ...

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

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

  • Published In Willow Hill  ...
    • Willow Hill Echo (from 1915)
  • Published In Sainte Marie  ...
  • Published In Dieterich [Effingham County] ...
  • Published In Oblong [Crawford County] ...
    • Oblong Ledger (from 1894)
    • Oblong Ledger (from 1946)
    • Oblong Oracle (from 1897)
    • The Oblong Gem (from 1984)
  • Published In Greenup [Cumberland County] ...
    • Cumberland Transcript (from 1859)
    • Greenup Press (from 1890)
    • Greenup Tribune (from 185?)
      • The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Greenup Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054120
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142378
    • The Cumberland Times (from 1882)
    • The Cumberland Tribune (from 1853)
    • The Greenup Expositor (from 1859)
    • The Greenup Mail (from 1871)
    • The Greenup Post (from 1893)
  • Published In Stoy [Crawford County] ...
    • The Evidence (from 1912)
  • Published In Oak Point [Clark County] ...
  • Published In Olney [Richland County] ...
  • Published In Sailor Springs [Clay County] ...
    • The World (from 189?)
  • Published In Teutopolis [Effingham County] ...
  • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...
  • Published In Noble [Richland County] ...
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9909, Longitude: -88.1639