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

Our newspaper information for Oak Park 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 46 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Park. In addition, the list contains another 39 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oak Park. In total, we've identified 85 papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park.

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 Oak Park.  

Newspapers Published In Oak Park ...

We know of 46 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oak Park:

Newspapers Neighboring Oak Park ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park.

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

  • Published In Austin  ...
  • Published In Berwyn  ...
  • Published In Elmwood Park  ...
  • Published In Cicero  ...
  • Published In Maywood  ...
    • We know of 32 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Maywood. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Maywood
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park. This extended list includes all the papers from Maywood. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Park
  • Published In Melrose Park  ...
    • La Fiaccola
      • 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 La Fiaccola
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91052389
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23304297
    • Melrose Park Leader (from 19??)
    • Northlake Star Sentinel (from 19??)
    • The Leader
      • 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 Leader
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082824
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15909395
  • Published In Bellwood  ...
  • Published In Riverside  ...
  • Published In Brookfield  ...
  • Published In Franklin Park  ...
  • Published In Harwood Heights  ...
  • Published In Western Springs  ...
  • Published In Elmhurst [DuPage County] ...
    • We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Elmhurst. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Elmhurst
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Oak Park. This extended list includes all the papers from Elmhurst. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oak Park
  • Published In Lincolnwood  ...
    • Booster (from 1996)
      • Years of publication:  1996 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Booster
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96006545
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 35907983
    • Life (from 1996)
      • Years of publication:  1996 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Life
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96003435
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 35445916
    • Life (from 199?)
      • Years of publication:  199? to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Life
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN99064006
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 41352243
    • Lincolnwood Life (from 1947)
    • News-Star (from 1996)
      • Years of publication:  1996 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the News-Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN97062079
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 38131767

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Oak Park: www.vil.oak-park.il.us/

The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8869, Longitude: -87.7844    









 

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