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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Portland 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 Portland. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Portland. Our list contains 31 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Portland.

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 Portland.  

Newspapers Neighboring Portland ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Portland.

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

  • Published In Prophetstown  ...
  • Published In Erie  ...
    • Erie Weekly Bulletin (from 1875)
    • The Erie Independent
    • The Review (from 1951)
  • Published In Hillsdale [Rock Island County] ...
  • Published In Morrison  ...
  • Published In Tampico  ...
  • Published In Albany  ...
    • The Albany Review
      • 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 Albany Review
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053298
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 26104077
  • Published In Camanche [Clinton County] ...
    • Camanche Courier (from 1900)
    • The Iowa Register (from 1856)
  • Published In Clinton [Clinton County] ...
  • Published In Fulton  ...
  • Published In Atkinson [Henry County] ...
  • Published In Geneseo [Henry County] ...
  • Published In Rock Falls  ...
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    • Published In Sterling  ...
    • Published In Annawan [Henry County] ...
    • Published In Coleta  ...
      • Coleta Journal (from 1892)
    • Published In Port Byron [Rock Island County] ...
      • Port Byron Globe (from 1881)
      • The Globe (from 1973)
    • Published In Le Claire [Scott County] ...
    • Published In Rapids City [Rock Island County] ...
    • Published In Low Moor [Clinton County] ...
    • Published In Green River [Henry County] ...
    • Published In Manlius [Bureau County] ...
      • The Manlius News (from 1928)
    • Published In Thomson [Carroll County] ...
      • Carroll County Review (from 1970)
      • Thomson Courier (from 1867)
      • Thomson Record (from 189?)
        • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Thomson Record
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055931
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28307178
      • Thomson Review
        • 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 Thomson Review
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055925
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28272178
    • Published In Walnut [Bureau County] ...
    • Published In Milledgeville [Carroll County] ...
    • Published In Sheffield [Bureau County] ...
      • Bureau County Times (from 1889)
      • Prairie Review (from 2003)
      • Sheffield Bulletin (from 1955)
      • The News Bulletin (from 2001)
      • The Sheffield Times
    • Published In East Moline [Rock Island County] ...
    • Published In Buda [Bureau County] ...
      • Buda Plain Dealer (from 1887)
    • Published In Cambridge [Henry County] ...
    • Published In Neponset [Bureau County] ...
      • The Neponset Messenger (from 1899)
      • The Neponset Star (from 1893)
    • Published In Ohio [Bureau County] ...
      • The Ohio Herald
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1952
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Ohio Herald
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053276
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25984969
    • Published In Bettendorf [Scott County] ...
    • Published In Dixon [Lee County] ...
      • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Dixon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Dixon
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Portland. This extended list includes all the papers from Dixon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Portland

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Whiteside County: www.whiteside.org/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Portland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6625, Longitude: -89.9801       In this case, the coordinates for Portland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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