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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oakland 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oakland. In addition, the list contains another 42 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oakland. In total, we've identified 49 papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakland.

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 Oakland.  

Newspapers Published In Oakland ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oakland:

Newspapers Neighboring Oakland ...

The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakland.

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

  • Published In Hindsboro [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Brocton [Edgar County] ...
  • Published In Ashmore  ...
    • Ashmore Record (from 1911)
    • Ashmore Republican (from 18??)
    • The Praire Youth (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Praire Youth
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051461
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31382869
    • The Prairie Youth (from 1884)
  • Published In Kansas [Edgar County] ...
  • Published In Hume [Edgar County] ...
    • The Hume Record (from 1892)
  • Published In Charleston  ...
    • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Charleston. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Charleston
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakland. This extended list includes all the papers from Charleston. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oakland
  • Published In Arcola [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Villa Grove [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Tuscola [Douglas County] ...
  • Published In Broadlands [Champaign County] ...
  • Published In Allerton [Vermilion County] ...
    • Sidewinder (from 1992)
  • Published In Paris [Edgar County] ...
    • We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Paris. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Paris
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakland. This extended list includes all the papers from Paris. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oakland
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    • Published In Sidell [Vermilion County] ...
      • The Sidell Journal
      • The Sidell Reporter (from 1888)
      • The Sidell Reporter (from 1991)
    • Published In Chrisman [Edgar County] ...
    • Published In Lerna  ...
    • Published In Mattoon  ...
    • Published In Pesotum [Champaign County] ...
      • Pesotum Chief (from 1914)
      • The Pesotum Tribune (from 1909)
      • The Reflector (from 1939)
    • Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Martinsville [Clark County] ...
      • Martinsville Express (from 1871)
      • The Martinsville Planet (from 1884)
    • Published In Casey [Clark County] ...
    • Published In Philo [Champaign County] ...
    • Published In Atwood [Piatt County] ...
      • The Atwood Herald
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Atwood Herald
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053170
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25472196
    • Published In Marshall [Clark County] ...
      • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marshall. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marshall
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Oakland. This extended list includes all the papers from Marshall. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oakland
    • Published In Ridge Farm [Vermilion County] ...
    • Published In Sidney [Champaign County] ...
      • Sidney By-Way (from 1886)
      • Sidney Signal (from 1879)
        • The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Sidney Signal
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2001063203
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 46454204
      • Sidney Times (from 1905)
    • Published In Homer [Champaign County] ...
      • Homer Pilot (from 1897)
      • Homer Press (from 1873)
      • The Homer Chamilion (from 1955)
      • The Homer Enterprise (from 18??)
      • The Homer Herald (from 1954)
      • The Homer Journal (from 1866)
    • Published In Tolono [Champaign County] ...
      • County Star (from 1979)
      • South Side Journal (from 1957)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 1875)
      • The Tolono Herald (from 192?)
      • The Tolono Journal (from 1874)
      • Tolono Weekly Herald (from 1876)

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

The official website for Coles County: www.co.coles.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 '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- Oakland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6576, Longitude: -88.0272       In this case, the coordinates for Oakland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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