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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Obed is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Obed. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Obed. Our list contains 172 papers that were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Obed.

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 Obed.  

Newspapers Neighboring Obed ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km] of Obed.

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

  • Published In Moweaqua  ...
  • Published In Assumption [Christian County] ...
  • Published In Findlay  ...
  • Published In Bethany [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Bethany Echo (from 189?)
  • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
    • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
  • Published In Macon [Macon County] ...
    • The Macon News
    • The Macon Record
      • 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 Macon Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93056010
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29240661
  • Published In Shelbyville  ...
  • Published In Tower Hill  ...
  • Published In Blue Mound [Macon County] ...
    • Blue Mound Leader (from 188?)
    • The Cyclone (from 1883)
      • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Cyclone
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054732
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848257
    • The Independent (from 1889)
      • The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054733
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848832
  • Published In Mount Zion [Macon County] ...
  • Published In Pana [Christian County] ...
  • Published In Sullivan [Moultrie County] ...
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    • Published In Stonington [Christian County] ...
      • The Stonington Star
    • Published In Lovington [Moultrie County] ...
      • Lovington Free Press (from 1875)
      • Lovington Reporter (from 1891)
      • The Convention Herald (from 1895)
    • Published In Decatur [Macon County] ...
      • We know of 80 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Decatur. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Decatur
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Obed. This extended list includes all the papers from Decatur. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Obed
    • Published In Harristown [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Cowden  ...
    • Published In Strasburg  ...
    • Published In Taylorville [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Oconee  ...
      • The Enterprise (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 Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054817
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22569978
    • Published In Hammond [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Mount Auburn [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Cerro Gordo [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Herrick  ...
    • Published In Niantic [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Arthur [Douglas County] ...
    • Published In Forsyth [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Oreana [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Stewardson  ...
      • Stewardson Clipper
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1989
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Stewardson Clipper
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054850
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22830719
    • Published In Edinburg [Christian County] ...
      • Edinburg Herald (from 188?)
        • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Edinburg Herald
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054611
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865858
      • The Edinburg Herald
    • Published In Illiopolis [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Warrensburg [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Nokomis [Montgomery 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 Mattoon [Coles County] ...
    • Published In Argenta [Macon County] ...
      • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
      • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
    • Published In Neoga [Cumberland County] ...
      • The Neoga News (from 1876)

The official website for Chronicling America

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

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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Obed) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Obed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5653, Longitude: -88.9026       In this case, the coordinates for Obed have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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