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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Ottawa 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 40 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ottawa. In addition, the list contains another 145 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ottawa. In total, we've identified 185 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ottawa.

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 Ottawa.  

Newspapers Published In Ottawa ...

We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ottawa:

Newspapers Neighboring Ottawa ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ottawa.

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

  • Published In Utica  ...
    • The Utica Weekly Gazette
    • Utica News (from 196?)
  • Published In Marseilles  ...
  • Published In La Salle  ...
  • Published In Seneca  ...
    • Seneca Weekly Journal (from 1873)
    • The Bumble Bee (from 1893)
    • The Seneca News (from 1895)
      • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Seneca News
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053259
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25816108
  • Published In Peru  ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Peru. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Peru
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Ottawa. This extended list includes all the papers from Peru. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ottawa
  • Published In Sheridan  ...
  • Published In Streator  ...
  • Published In Tonica  ...
    • The Tonica Local (from 1871)
    • Tonica News (from 1874)
  • Published In Earlville  ...
  • Published In Ransom  ...
    • The Ransom Journal
  • Published In Spring Valley [Bureau County] ...
  • Published In Leland  ...
    • The Leland Times
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1963
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Leland Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053228
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25668177
    • The Leland Times (from 1971)
    • The Times (from 1963)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Published In Lostant  ...
      • Lostant Centennial Edition (from 1961)
      • The Lostant Local (from 18??)
      • The Lostant News (from 1926)
      • The Reporter (from 1894)
        • The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Reporter
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053232
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25679343
    • Published In Newark [Kendall County] ...
    • Published In Ladd [Bureau County] ...
      • The Ladd Journal (from 19??)
    • Published In Mendota  ...
    • Published In Granville [Putnam County] ...
    • Published In Morris [Grundy County] ...
    • Published In Somonauk [DeKalb County] ...
    • Published In De Pue [Bureau County] ...
    • Published In Mazon [Grundy County] ...
    • Published In Sandwich [DeKalb County] ...
      • Free Press (from 1963)
      • Sandwich Free Press (from 1970)
      • Sandwich Free Press (from 1873)
      • Sandwich Gazette (from 1860)
      • Sandwich Record (from 1985)
      • Sandwich Semi-Monthly News (from 1865)
      • The Argus (from 1882)
      • The Daily Argus (from 18??)
      • The People's Press (from 1857)
      • The Sandwich Argus (from 1885)
      • The Sandwich Gazette (from 18??)
      • The Weekly Argus (from 1878)
      • Today
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Today
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83003320
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10066781
      • Tri-County Today (from 1976)
    • Published In Long Point [Livingston County] ...
      • The Long Point Advocate
    • Published In Magnolia [Putnam County] ...
    • Published In Paw Paw [Lee County] ...
      • Lee County Times (from 18??)
      • Paw Paw News (from 1874)

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Ottawa: www.cityofottawa.org/

The official website for La Salle County: www.lasallecounty.org/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ottawa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ottawa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3522, Longitude: -88.8412    









 

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