Local Newspapers
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 ...
- Fox Valley Sentinel (from 1974)
- Kendall County Courier (from 1853)
- Kendall County Free Press (from 1857)
- Ledger-Sentinel (from 1980)
- Oswego News (from 1948)
- The Oswego Herald (from 1904)
- The Oswego Ledger (from 1949)
- Published In Somonauk [DeKalb County] ...
- Somonauk Reveille (from 1875)
- The Somonauk Reporter (from 1994)
- Published In Hinckley [DeKalb County] ...
- Country Courier (from 1991)
- Hinckley Review (from 1878)
- The Review (from 1986)
- Published In Newark ...
- Daily Newman Independent (from 1891)
- Newman Independent (from 1896)
- The Independent (from 18??)
- The Independent (from 1894)
- The Midget (from 1885)
- The Newman Daily Independent (from 1897)
- The Newman Independent (from 1874)
- The Newman Independent (from 1905)
- The Newman Weekly Independent (from 1897)
- Published In Plattville ...
- The Little Joker (from 18??)
- 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] ...
- The Sheridan News Letter (from 1872)
- The Sherrard Bulletin
- The Temperance Union (from 1873)
- Published In Elburn [Kane County] ...
- Chronicle West (from 1978)
- The Elburn Enterprise (from 1893)
- The Elburn Herald (from 1908)
- The Elburn Record (from 18??)
- The Elburn Weekly Record (from 1889)
- The Kane County Farmer (from 1946)
- 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] ...
- Batavia Bulletin-Record (from 1891)
- Batavia Chronicle (from 1976)
- Batavia Herald (from 1893)
- Batavia Weekly Argus (from 18??)
- Batavia Windmill (from 199?)
- Fox River Star (from 1909)
- North Aurora Herald (from 199?)
- Rock City Record (from 18??)
- Sugar Grove Herald Blackberry Press (from 199?)
- The Batavia News (from 1869)
- The Batavia Weekly News (from 1869)
- The Daily Tribune (from 1904)
- The Forest Press (from 1904)
- The Fox River Times (from 1875)
- The Herald (from 1962)
- Windmill Herald (from 1990)
- Windmill News (from 1982)
- Windmill News (from 1987)
- 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] ...
- Geneva Chronicle (from 1974)
- Geneva Patrol (from 1899)
- Kane County Advertiser (from 18??)
- Kane County Republican (from 185?)
- The Friday Patrol (from 1909)
- The Geneva Republican (from 1909)
- The Geneva Republican (from 1878)
- The Owl (from 1886)
- The Patrol (from 1884)
- The Patrol (from 1904)
- The Public Good (from 1914)
- The Tuesday Patrol (from 1909)
- The Womans' Republican (from 18??)
- Twice-A-Week Republican (from 1896)
- Western Mercury (from 18??)
Off-the-Road Links ...
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). |