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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pekin 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 25 papers that were published in the immediate area of Pekin. In addition, the list contains another 226 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Pekin. In total, we've identified 251 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Pekin.

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 Pekin.  

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

Newspapers Published In Pekin ...

We know of 25 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Pekin:

Newspapers Neighboring Pekin ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pekin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5677, Longitude: -89.6408