Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Oraville.
Our newspaper information for Oraville 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 Oraville. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Oraville. Our list contains 100 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Oraville.
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 Oraville.
Newspapers Neighboring Oraville ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Oraville.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Oraville.
- Published In Ava ...
- The Ava Advertiser (from 1888)
- The Ava Citizen
- 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 Ava Citizen
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87082230
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15207855
- The Ava Spokesman
- Published In Murphysboro ...
- Daily Era (from 1891)
- Daily Independent (from 1891)
- Daily Republican Era (from 19??)
- Daily Republican-Era (from 192?)
- Industrial Tribune (from 1878)
- Jackson County Era (from 18??)
- Murphysboro American (from 1982)
- Murphysboro Argus (from 18??)
- Murphysboro Daily Era (from 1891)
- Murphysboro Independent (from 190?)
- Murphysboro, Illinois Daily Republican-Era (from 1921)
- Southern Illinoisan (from 1949)
- The Holiday Herald (from 1888)
- The Independent (from 1874)
- The Jackson Democrat (from 1854)
- The Murmur (from 195?)
- The Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era (from 1920)
- The Murphysboro Republican (from 1898)
- The Murphysboro Republican (from 1898)
- The Republican Era (from 190?)
- The Union Farmer (from 19??)
- The Western Home Journal (from 18??)
- Weekly Independent (from 191?)
- Weekly Republican Era
- Published In Elkville ...
- Elkville Journal (from 1922)
- Published In De Soto ...
- The Weekly Jacksonian Ventilator (from 1864)
- Published In Jacob ...
- Mississippi Valley News (from 19??)
- Published In Du Quoin [Perry County] ...
- Du Quoin Daily News And Du Quoin Review (from 1930)
- Du Quoin Daily News (from 1938)
- Du Quoin Evening Call (from 1897)
- Du Quoin Herald (from 18??)
- Du Quoin Mining Journal (from 1857)
- Du Quoin News (from 1938)
- Du Quoin Recorder (from 1866)
- Du Quoin Republican (from 1871)
- Stars And Stripes (from 1864)
- The Du Quoin Progress (from 1865)
- The Du Quoin Republican (from 1871)
- The Du Quoin Tribune (from 1867)
- Published In Carbondale ...
- We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Carbondale. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Carbondale
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Oraville. This extended list includes all the papers from Carbondale. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oraville
- Published In Pinckneyville [Perry County] ...
- Perry County Advocate (from 1931)
- Perry County Banner (from 1869)
- Perry County Times (from 1856)
- The Advocate (from 1931)
- The Democrat (from 188?)
- The Democrat (from 188?)
- The Perry County Democrat (from 1878)
- The Perry County Monitor And Sun (from 1885)
- The Pinckneyville Advocate (from 1897)
- The Pinckneyville Independent (from 1875)
- Published In Percy [Randolph County] ...
- The County Journal (from 1980)
- Published In Grand Tower ...
- Fountain Bluff News (from 1974)
- Grand Tower Item (from 1875)
- Grand Tower News (from 1901)
- Grand Tower Topic
- River Community News (from 1980)
- The Enterprise (from 1878)
- The first year of publication was in 1878, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Enterprise
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054670
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27002516
- Published In Steeleville [Randolph County] ...
- The Steeleville Budget (from 1894)
- The Steeleville Ledger (from 19??)
- Published In Carterville [Williamson County] ...
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Published In Zeigler [Franklin County] ...
- The Zeigler Item (from 1921)
- The Zeigler News (from 1919)
- Published In Christopher [Franklin County] ...
- The Christopher News (from 1906)
- The Christopher Progress (from 19??)
- The Progress (from 1970)
- Published In Herrin [Williamson County] ...
- Herrin Daily Journal (from 1926)
- Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald (from 1924)
- Herrin Spokesman (from 1957)
- Illinois Democrat (from 1961)
- La Tribuna Italiana (from 1909)
- Southern Illinoisan (from 1949)
- The Daily Journal (from 1947)
- The Egyptian Democrat (from 1944)
- The Egyptian Republican (from 1927)
- The Herrin Journal (from 1913)
- The Herrin News (from 1899)
- The Weekly Ad-Viser (from 1933)
- The Workers' Digest (from 1935)
- Published In Tamaroa [Perry County] ...
- Perry County Watchman (from 1871)
- Perry County Watchman (from 1874)
- Tamaroa Watchman (from 18??)
- The Egyptian Spy (from 1859)
- The Tamaroa Bugle (from 1894)
- The Tamaroa Item (from 1878)
- The Tamaroa Times (from 1895)
- Published In Cobden [Union County] ...
- Fruit-Growers' Journal (from 188?)
- The Cobden Review (from 1924)
- The Cobden Sentinel (from 188?)
- The Review (from 1959)
- Published In Sesser [Franklin County] ...
- The Sesser Herald (from 19??)
- The Sesser Review (from 19??)
- Published In Chester [Randolph County] ...
- Chester Herald And Commercial Advertiser (from 1849)
- Chester Herald-Tribune (from 1922)
- Chester Picket Guard (from 1862)
- Chester Reveille And Homestead Advocate (from 1848)
- Chester Reveille And Southern Illinois Advertiser (from 1847)
- Chester Tribune (from 1872)
- Egyptian Picket Guard (from 1862)
- Herald And Press (from 185?)
- Randolph County Democrat (from 1857)
- Randolph County Herald Tribune (from 1965)
- Southern Illinois Advocate (from 1839)
- The Chester Clarion (from 18??)
- The Chester Herald (from 1850)
- The Chester Herald
- The Chester Press (from 1928)
- The Chester Reveille (from 1849)
- The Daily Tribune (from 1894)
- The Valley Clarion (from 1868)
- Published In West Frankfort [Franklin County] ...
- The Daily American (from 1920)
- The Daily American (from 19??)
- The Daily American (from 19??)
- The Frankfort American (from 19??)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Oraville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oraville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oraville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8651, Longitude: -89.3840 |