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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Paris 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 33 papers that were published in the immediate area of Paris. In addition, the list contains another 112 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Paris. In total, we've identified 145 papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Paris.

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 Paris.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Paris ...

We know of 33 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Paris:

Newspapers Neighboring Paris ...

The following newspapers were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Paris.

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

  • Published In Chrisman  ...
  • Published In Kansas  ...
  • Published In Brocton  ...
  • Published In Hume  ...
    • The Hume Record (from 1892)
  • Published In Marshall [Clark County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marshall. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marshall
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Paris. This extended list includes all the papers from Marshall. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Paris.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Ashmore [Coles County] ...
    • Ashmore Record (from 1911)
    • Ashmore Republican (from 18??)
    • The Praire Youth (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Praire Youth
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051461
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31382869
    • The Prairie Youth (from 1884)
  • Published In Oakland [Coles County] ...
  • Published In Terre Haute [Vigo County] ...
    • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Terre Haute. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Terre Haute
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> of Paris. This extended list includes all the papers from Terre Haute. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Paris.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Ridge Farm [Vermilion County] ...
  • Published In Martinsville [Clark County] ...
    • Martinsville Express (from 1871)
    • The Martinsville Planet (from 1884)
  • Published In Sidell [Vermilion County] ...
    • The Sidell Journal
    • The Sidell Reporter (from 1888)
    • The Sidell Reporter (from 1991)
  • Published In Montezuma [Parke County] ...
  • Published In Rosedale [Parke County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Paris: www.ci.paris.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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paris) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6140, Longitude: -87.6905       In this case, the coordinates for Paris have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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