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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Oswego 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Oswego. In addition, the list contains another 106 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Oswego. In total, we've identified 113 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Oswego.

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 Oswego.  

Newspapers Published In Oswego ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Oswego:

Newspapers Neighboring Oswego ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Oswego.

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

  • Published In Bristol  ...
    • Kendall Clarion (from 1860)
  • Published In Yorkville  ...
    • Kendall County Record (from 1864)
    • The News (from 1872)
    • The Yorkville News (from 1872)
  • Published In Aurora [Kane County] ...
    • We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aurora. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aurora
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Oswego. This extended list includes all the papers from Aurora. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Oswego
  • Published In Plano  ...
    • Kendall County Journal (from 1856)
    • Plano Record (from 19??)
    • Plano Times (from 1884)
    • The Kendall County News (from 18??)
    • The Plano Mirror (from 1868)
    • The Plano Pivot (from 1885)
      • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Plano Pivot
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055442
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27732983
  • Published In Plattville  ...
  • Published In Batavia [Kane County] ...
  • Published In Naperville [DuPage County] ...
  • Published In Warrenville [DuPage County] ...

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- Oswego) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oswego. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6830, Longitude: -88.3515