Local Newspapers
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.
The following list contains the names of 9 papers that were published in the immediate area of Petersburg. In addition, the list contains another 58 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Petersburg. In total, we've identified 67 papers within 24 miles [38.6 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.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Petersburg ...
We know of 9 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Petersburg:
- Menard County Express (from 1854)
- Menard County Times (from 1873)
- Petersburg Observer (from 1878)
- Petersburg Republican (from 1868)
- The Menard County Axis (from 1861)
- The Menard Index (from 1855)
- The first year of publication was in 1855, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Menard Index
- Holdings for: LCCN SN82015064
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8799275
- The Menard Weekly Index (from 1855)
- The Petersburg Democrat (from 1868)
- The Semi-Weekly Axis (from 1859)
Newspapers Neighboring Petersburg ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> 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 Tallula ...
- Tallula Observer (from 1876)
- The Express (from 18??)
- The Standard (from 1929)
- The Tallula Journal (from 1897)
- The Tallula Standard (from 1932)
- Published In Athens ...
- Athens Free Press
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1970
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Athens Free Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92054442
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25114565
- Published In Greenview ...
- The Greenview Review (from 19??)
- The Menard County Review (from 1971)
- Published In Pleasant Plains [Sangamon County] ...
- Pleasant Plains Advocate (from 1891)
- Pleasant Plains Press (from 1935)
- The Pleasant Plains Argus (from 1922)
- The Review (from 1900)
- The Tallula Record (from 1923)
- The Weekly Press (from 1899)
- West Sangamon Gazette (from 189?)
- Published In Ashland [Cass County] ...
- Ashland Eagle (from 1876)
- The first year of publication was in 1876, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Ashland Eagle
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87082219
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15203173
- The Ashland Sentinel (from 1884)
- The Ashland Weekly Eagle (from 1876)
- Published In Kilbourne [Mason County] ...
- Sangamon Sawyer (from 1903)
- The Kilbourne Independent (from 1902)
- Published In Middletown [Logan County] ...
- Middletown Ledger (from 1905)
- Published In Easton [Mason County] ...
- Easton Enterprise (from 190?)
- The Easton Enterprise (from 1925)
- The Enterprise (from 19??)
- Published In Mason City [Mason County] ...
- Mason City Banner Times (from 19??)
- Mason City Banner
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Mason City Banner
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054795
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25065963
- Mason City Independent (from 187?)
- Mason City Journal (from 1871)
- Mason County Herald (from 1888)
- The Mason City News (from 1867)
- The Mason City Times (from 1866)
- The Mason City Times (from 189?)
- Published In Chandlerville [Cass County] ...
- Cass County Journal (from 1876)
- Chandlerville Independent (from 1877)
- Chandlerville Times (from 1898)
- Sangamon Valley Times (from 1882)
- Published In Williamsville [Sangamon County] ...
- The Index
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1908
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Index
- Holdings for: LCCN 2010271302
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 550566305
- The Williamsville Times (from 1894)
- Williamsville Index (from 1908)
- Published In New Holland [Logan County] ...
- The New Holland Journal (from 1933)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Published In Springfield [Sangamon County] ...
- We know of 154 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Springfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Springfield
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Petersburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Springfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Petersburg.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Riverton [Sangamon County] ...
- Riverton Register (from 19??)
- The Riverton News (from 1877)
- The Riverton Review (from 19??)
- The Tri-City Register (from 19??)
- The Weekly Enterprise (from 189?)
- Williamsville Sun (from 19??)
- Published In Virginia [Cass County] ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Virginia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Virginia
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Petersburg. This extended list includes all the papers from Virginia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Petersburg.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In New Berlin [Sangamon County] ...
- New Berlin Advance (from 1874)
- New Berlin Bee (from 1933)
- New Berlin Tribune
- The County Tribune (from 1999)
- Published In Havana [Mason County] ...
- Havana Times (from 1852)
- Mason County Republican (from 1873)
- Mason Herald (from 185?)
- Port 30 (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Port 30
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2004061986
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 56495081
- River Valley News (from 1983)
- The Democratic Bugle (from 1876)
- The Democratic Clarion (from 1870)
- The Democratic True Unionist (from 186?)
- The Havana Herald (from 1935)
- The Havana Post (from 1861)
- The first year of publication was in 1861, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Havana Post
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86063859
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13488072
- The Havana Press (from 18??)
- The Havana Republican (from 18??)
- The Havana Reveille (from 1871)
- The Havana Shopper News (from 19??)
- The Havana Volunteer (from 18??)
- The Havana Voter (from 1864)
- The Mason County Democrat (from 187?)
- The Mason County Herald (from 1853)
- The Squatter Sovereign (from 1859)
- Weekly Havana Times (from 1852)
- Published In Rochester [Sangamon County] ...
- The Herald (from 19??)
- The Rochester & Lake Springfield Herald (from 19??)
- The Rochester Herald (from 1946)
- The Rochester Times (from 1993)
- The Rochester Weekly Item (from 1883)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
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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 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: 40.0121, Longitude: -89.8484 |