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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oconee 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oconee. In addition, the list contains another 80 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oconee. In total, we've identified 81 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Oconee.

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 Oconee.  

Newspapers Published In Oconee ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Oconee area:

  • 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

Newspapers Neighboring Oconee ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Oconee.

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

  • Published In Herrick  ...
  • Published In Pana [Christian County] ...
  • Published In Nokomis [Montgomery County] ...
  • Published In Ramsey [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Tower Hill  ...
  • Published In Bingham [Fayette County] ...
    • The Bingham Agriculturist (from 1888)
  • Published In Cowden  ...
  • Published In Assumption [Christian County] ...
  • Published In Irving [Montgomery County] ...
    • The Irving Gazette (from 1872)
    • The Irving Times
      • 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 Irving Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054571
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23304315
  • Published In Shelbyville  ...
  • Published In Coffeen [Montgomery County] ...
    • The Montgomery Democrat
  • Published In Hillsboro [Montgomery County] ...
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Published In Morrisonville [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Taylorville [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Vandalia [Fayette County] ...
      • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vandalia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vandalia
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Oconee. This extended list includes all the papers from Vandalia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oconee
    • Published In Saint Elmo [Fayette County] ...
    • Published In Moweaqua  ...
    • Published In Altamont [Effingham County] ...
    • Published In Findlay  ...
    • Published In Stonington [Christian County] ...
      • The Stonington Star
    • Published In Raymond [Montgomery 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 Mulberry Grove [Bond County] ...
      • The Mulberry Grove News (from 1880)
    • Published In Strasburg  ...
    • 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 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 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 Ewington [Effingham County] ...
      • Effingham Pioneer (from 1856)
    • Published In Litchfield [Montgomery County] ...

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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' (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- Oconee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oconee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2863, Longitude: -89.1066       In this case, the coordinates for Oconee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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