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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Olney 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 25 papers that were published in the immediate area of Olney. In addition, the list contains another 27 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Olney. In total, we've identified 52 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Olney.

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 Olney.  

Newspapers Published In Olney ...

We know of 25 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Olney:

Newspapers Neighboring Olney ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Olney.

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

  • Published In Noble  ...
  • Published In Sumner [Lawrence County] ...
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1895)
    • Lawrence County Press (from 1876)
    • Sumner Advocate (from 1891)
      • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054064
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23806218
    • The Sumner Democrat (from 1891)
    • The Sumner Press (from 1882)
  • Published In Clay City [Clay County] ...
    • Clay County Advocate
  • Published In Sailor Springs [Clay County] ...
    • The World (from 189?)
  • Published In Sainte Marie [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In West Salem [Edwards County] ...
  • Published In Bridgeport [Lawrence County] ...
  • Published In Newton [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Willow Hill [Jasper County] ...
    • Willow Hill Echo (from 1915)
  • Published In Oblong [Crawford County] ...
    • Oblong Ledger (from 1894)
    • Oblong Ledger (from 1946)
    • Oblong Oracle (from 1897)
    • The Oblong Gem (from 1984)
  • Published In Flora [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Lawrenceville [Lawrence County] ...
    • American Banner (from 18??)
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1868)
    • Lawrence County Democrat (from 1871)
    • Lawrence County Journal (from 1867)
    • Lawrence County News (from 1895)
    • Lawrenceville Banner (from 1847)
    • Lawrenceville Republican (from 18??)
    • Star Spangled Banner (from 1847)
    • The American Banner (from 1855)
    • The Daily Record (from 1922)
    • The Democratic Herald (from 1872)
    • The Rural Republican (from 1873)
    • The Western Globe (from 18??)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7311, Longitude: -88.0851    









 

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