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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Petersburg is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Petersburg. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Petersburg. Our list contains 58 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Petersburg.

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 Petersburg.  

Newspapers Neighboring Petersburg ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Petersburg.

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

  • Published In Sumner  ...
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1895)
    • Lawrence County Press (from 1876)
    • Sumner Advocate (from 1891)
      • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054064
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23806218
    • The Sumner Democrat (from 1891)
    • The Sumner Press (from 1882)
  • Published In Bridgeport  ...
  • Published In Saint Francisville  ...
  • Published In West Salem [Edwards County] ...
  • Published In Lawrenceville  ...
    • American Banner (from 18??)
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1868)
    • Lawrence County Democrat (from 1871)
    • Lawrence County Journal (from 1867)
    • Lawrence County News (from 1895)
    • Lawrenceville Banner (from 1847)
    • Lawrenceville Republican (from 18??)
    • Star Spangled Banner (from 1847)
    • The American Banner (from 1855)
    • The Daily Record (from 1922)
    • The Democratic Herald (from 1872)
    • The Rural Republican (from 1873)
    • The Western Globe (from 18??)
  • Published In Mount Carmel [Wabash County] ...
  • Published In Olney [Richland County] ...
  • Published In Vincennes [Knox County] ...
    • We know of 48 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vincennes. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vincennes
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Petersburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Vincennes. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Petersburg
  • Published In Albion [Edwards County] ...
  • Published In Princeton [Gibson County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Princeton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Princeton
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Petersburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Princeton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Petersburg
  • Published In Noble [Richland County] ...
  • Published In Flat Rock [Crawford County] ...
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Published In Owensville [Gibson County] ...
    • Published In Grayville [White County] ...
    • Published In Sainte Marie [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Monroe City [Knox County] ...
    • Published In Duncanville [Crawford County] ...
      • The Duncanville Courier
    • Published In Stoy [Crawford County] ...
      • The Evidence (from 1912)
    • Published In Fort Branch [Gibson County] ...
      • Fort Branch Times (from 1955)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Petersburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Petersburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Petersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5921, Longitude: -87.8312    









 

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