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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pleasant Plains 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 7 papers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Plains. In addition, the list contains another 104 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Pleasant Plains. In total, we've identified 111 papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pleasant Plains.

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 Pleasant Plains.  

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

Newspapers Published In Pleasant Plains ...

We know of 7 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Pleasant Plains:

  • 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?)

Newspapers Neighboring Pleasant Plains ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pleasant Plains.

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

  • Published In Ashland [Cass County] ...
  • Published In Tallula [Menard County] ...
    • Tallula Observer (from 1876)
    • The Express (from 18??)
    • The Standard (from 1929)
    • The Tallula Journal (from 1897)
    • The Tallula Standard (from 1932)
  • Published In New Berlin  ...
    • New Berlin Advance (from 1874)
    • New Berlin Bee (from 1933)
    • New Berlin Tribune
      • 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 New Berlin Tribune
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054688
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22483150
    • The County Tribune (from 1999)
  • Published In Petersburg [Menard County] ...
  • Published In Athens [Menard County] ...
    • 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 Springfield  ...
    • 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 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pleasant Plains. 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 Pleasant Plains.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • 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 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pleasant Plains. 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 Pleasant Plains.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Chandlerville [Cass County] ...
  • Published In Greenview [Menard County] ...
  • Published In Franklin [Morgan County] ...
    • The Franklin Times
  • Published In Jacksonville [Morgan County] ...
    • We know of 73 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jacksonville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Jacksonville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Pleasant Plains. This extended list includes all the papers from Jacksonville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Pleasant Plains.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Kilbourne [Mason County] ...
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Published In Waverly [Morgan County] ...
      • Journal-Enterprise (from 1905)
      • The Enterprise
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1903
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054692
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24477958
      • The Waverly Journal (from 18??)
      • The Waverly Journal (from 1911)
      • The Waverly Times (from 1872)
      • Waverly Enterprise (from 1903)
    • Published In Riverton  ...
    • Published In Williamsville  ...
      • 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 Auburn  ...
      • Auburn Citizen (from 1875)
      • Auburn Herald (from 1874)
    • Published In Rochester  ...
    • Published In Arenzville [Cass County] ...
      • Arenzville Argus (from 1889)
        • The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Arenzville Argus
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055846
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29265724
      • Arenzville Enquirer (from 1922)
      • Arenzville Independent
      • The Advance (from 18??)
      • The Arenzville Advocate (from 1885)
      • The Arenzville Times
    • Published In Middletown [Logan County] ...
      • Middletown Ledger (from 1905)

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Plains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8741, Longitude: -89.9202       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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