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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Plano 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 6 papers that were published in the immediate area of Plano. In addition, the list contains another 108 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Plano. In total, we've identified 114 papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Plano.

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 Plano.  

Newspapers Published In Plano ...

We know of 6 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Plano:

  • Kendall County Journal (from 1856)
  • Plano Record (from 19??)
  • Plano Times (from 1884)
  • The Kendall County News (from 18??)
  • The Plano Mirror (from 1868)
  • The Plano Pivot (from 1885)
    • The first year of publication was in 1885, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Plano Pivot
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055442
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27732983

Newspapers Neighboring Plano ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Plano.

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

  • Published In Yorkville  ...
    • Kendall County Record (from 1864)
    • The News (from 1872)
    • The Yorkville News (from 1872)
  • Published In Bristol  ...
    • Kendall Clarion (from 1860)
  • 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 Oswego  ...
  • Published In Somonauk [DeKalb County] ...
  • Published In Hinckley [DeKalb County] ...
    • Country Courier (from 1991)
    • Hinckley Review (from 1878)
    • The Review (from 1986)
  • Published In Newark  ...
  • Published In Plattville  ...
  • Published In Aurora [Kane County] ...
    • We know of 60 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aurora. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aurora
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Plano. This extended list includes all the papers from Aurora. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Plano
  • Published In Sheridan [La Salle County] ...
  • Published In Elburn [Kane County] ...
  • Published In Leland [La Salle County] ...
    • 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   (4 more) ...
    • Published In Waterman [DeKalb County] ...
      • Waterman Free Press (from 187?)
      • Waterman Leader (from 1878)
    • Published In Batavia [Kane County] ...
    • Published In Cortland [DeKalb County] ...
      • The Enterprise (from 1877)
        • The first year of publication was in 1877, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053436
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27110890
    • Published In Geneva [Kane County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Plano: www.cityofplanoil.com/

The official website for Kendall County: www.co.kendall.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plano) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6703, Longitude: -88.5249       In this case, the coordinates for Plano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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