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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oregon 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 21 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oregon. In addition, the list contains another 66 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oregon. In total, we've identified 87 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Oregon.

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 Oregon.  

Newspapers Published In Oregon ...

We know of 21 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oregon:

Newspapers Neighboring Oregon ...

The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Oregon.

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

  • Published In Mount Morris  ...
  • Published In Byron  ...
    • Byron Tribune (from 1934)
    • Northern Ogle County Tempo (from 1989)
    • Northern Ogle Tempo (from 1975)
    • Tempo (from 1969)
      • Years of publication:  1969 to 1975
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Tempo
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055388
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27308629
    • The Byron Express (from 1882)
    • The Byron News (from 1874)
    • The Byron Record (from 1899)
    • The Byron Times (from 1876)
    • The Sentinel (from 1999)
  • Published In Leaf River  ...
    • Leaf River Mirror (from 1891)
    • Leaf River Register (from 1935)
    • The Leaf River Enterprise (from 1881)
  • Published In Stillman Valley  ...
  • Published In Ashton [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Franklin Grove [Lee County] ...
    • Franklin Reporter (from 1870)
  • Published In Polo  ...
  • Published In Davis Junction  ...
  • Published In Dixon [Lee County] ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Dixon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Dixon
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Oregon. This extended list includes all the papers from Dixon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oregon
  • Published In Forreston  ...
  • Published In Rochelle  ...
  • Published In German Valley [Stephenson County] ...
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Published In Monroe Center  ...
    • Published In Winnebago [Winnebago County] ...
    • Published In Amboy [Lee County] ...
    • Published In Creston  ...
    • Published In Grant Park [Winnebago County] ...
    • Published In Pecatonica [Winnebago County] ...
      • The Gazette (from 1999)
      • The Pecatonica News (from 1872)
    • Published In Rockford [Winnebago County] ...
      • We know of 62 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rockford. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Rockford
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Oregon. This extended list includes all the papers from Rockford. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oregon
    • Published In Milledgeville [Carroll County] ...
    • Published In Shannon [Carroll County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oregon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oregon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0147, Longitude: -89.3325