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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Normal 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 Normal. In addition, the list contains another 319 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Normal. In total, we've identified 334 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Normal.

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 Normal.  

Newspapers Published In Normal ...

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

Newspapers Neighboring Normal ...

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

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

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- Normal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Normal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5130, Longitude: -88.9896