Local Newspapers
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:
- Ledger-Messenger (from 19??)
- Oakland Weekly Ledger (from 18??)
- Oakland-Hindsboro Prairie Sun (from 1985)
- The Coles County Ledger (from 19??)
- The Oakland Daily Messenger (from 1900)
- The Oakland Herald (from 1875)
- The Oakland Messenger (from 18??)
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] ...
- The Hindsboro News (from 1896)
- Published In Brocton [Edgar County] ...
- Brocton-Hume Record-Review (from 1976)
- The Brocton Weekly Review
- Published In Ashmore ...
- Ashmore Record (from 1911)
- Ashmore Republican (from 18??)
- The Praire Youth (from 1884)
- The Prairie Youth (from 1884)
- Published In Kansas [Edgar County] ...
- Edgar County Journal-Messenger (from 1981)
- Kansas Herald (from 1888)
- The first year of publication was in 1888, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Kansas Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054956
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21894890
- The Kansas Citizen (from 1871)
- The Kansas Journal (from 18??)
- The Kansas News (from 1873)
- The Kansas Weekly Journal (from 188?)
- The Kansas Weekly Sun (from 1878)
- The Republican Sun (from 1878)
- 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] ...
- Douglas County Democrat (from 1870)
- Shelton's Weekly (from 18??)
- The Arcola Arcolian (from 191?)
- The Arcola Record-Herald (from 19??)
- The Arcola Record (from 18??)
- The Arcolian (from 1914)
- The Weekly Arcolian (from 189?)
- Published In Villa Grove [Douglas County] ...
- Southern Champaign County Today (from 1972)
- The Villa Grove News (from 1907)
- Villa Grove Gazette (from 1904)
- Published In Tuscola [Douglas County] ...
- Douglas County Courier (from 1996)
- Douglas County Review (from 1875)
- Douglas County Shield (from 1860)
- Journal-Republican (from 1900)
- Saturday Journal (from 187?)
- The Regional (from 1994)
- The Tuscola Daily Journal (from 1896)
- The Tuscola Journal (from 1903)
- The Tuscola Journal (from 186?)
- The Tuscola Journal (from 1896)
- The Tuscola Republican (from 1886)
- The Tuscola Review
- The Tuscola Union (from 1865)
- Tuscola Gazette (from 1872)
- Tuscola Saturday Journal (from 187?)
- Tuscola Saturday Journal (from 18??)
- Published In Broadlands [Champaign County] ...
- The Broadlands News (from 19??)
- Published In Allerton [Vermilion County] ...
- 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] ...
- Chrisman Courier (from 18??)
- Chrisman Leader (from 1970)
- Chrisman Weekly Advance (from 18??)
- The Chrisman Courier (from 1967)
- The Chrisman Courier (from 1916)
- The Chrisman Weekly Courier (from 1908)
- The Chrisman Weekly Courier (from 1917)
- Published In Lerna ...
- Lerna Weekly Eagle (from 191?)
- The Shelby County Leader
- Published In Mattoon ...
- Daily Journal-Gazette And Commercial-Star (from 1919)
- Ivory Independent (from 18??)
- Journal Gazette (from 1991)
- Journal Gazette (from 1974)
- Mattoon Commercial-Star (from 19??)
- Mattoon Daily Journal (from 1874)
- Mattoon Gazette (from 18??)
- Mattoon Illinois Journal Gazette (from 1965)
- Mattoon Independent Gazette (from 1861)
- Mattoon Journal Gazette (from 1986)
- Mattoon Journal-Gazette (from 190?)
- Mattoon Morning Star
- Mattoon Radical Republican (from 1867)
- Mattoon Weekly Gazette (from 1857)
- Mattoon Weekly Journal
- The Daily Commercial (from ????)
- The Daily Journal-Gazette (from 1910)
- The Daily Journal-Gazette (from 1940)
- The Mattoon Commercial (from 1872)
- The Mattoon Daily Herald (from 1916)
- The Mattoon Journal (from 1866)
- The Mattoon Star (from 18??)
- The Sunday Commercial (from 1887)
- Weekly Journal-Gazette (from 190?)
- Published In Pesotum [Champaign County] ...
- Pesotum Chief (from 1914)
- The Pesotum Tribune (from 1909)
- The Reflector (from 1939)
- Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
- Arthur Graphic (from 1887)
- The Arthur Clarion (from 1905)
- The Arthur Graphic-Clarion (from 1905)
- The Arthur Signal (from 1885)
- The Clarion Press (from 1935)
- Published In Martinsville [Clark County] ...
- Martinsville Express (from 1871)
- The Martinsville Planet (from 1884)
- Published In Casey [Clark County] ...
- Ashmore, Kansas, Westfield Neighbors (from 19??)
- Casey Daily Reporter (from 1944)
- Daily Reporter (from 1978)
- Prairie Sun Neighbors (from 1998)
- The Acorn (from 18??)
- The Acorn (from 18??)
- The Banner-Times Shopper (from 1968)
- The Casey Advocate (from 1881)
- The Casey Banner-Times
- The Casey Commercial
- The Casey Reporter (from 19??)
- The Casey Weekly Times (from 1873)
- The Guardian (from 1997)
- The Reporter (from 1984)
- Wabash Valley Market Place (from 1999)
- Published In Philo [Champaign County] ...
- Philo Booster (from 1963)
- The Philo Banner (from 1950)
- The Philo Weekly Budget (from 18??)
- Published In Atwood [Piatt County] ...
- 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 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)
- 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)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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). |