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Local NewspapersIntroduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rochester.
Our newspaper information for Rochester 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rochester. In addition, the list contains another 266 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rochester. In total, we've identified 271 papers within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rochester.
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 Rochester.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Rochester ...
We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rochester:
- 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)
Newspapers Neighboring Rochester ...
The following newspapers were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rochester.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rochester.
- Published In Riverton ...
- 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 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 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of Rochester. 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 Rochester.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Mechanicsburg ...
- The Mechanicsburg Post (from 1905)
- Published In Edinburg [Christian County] ...
- Edinburg Herald (from 188?)
- The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Edinburg Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054611
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23865858
- The Edinburg Herald
- Published In Pawnee ...
- The Pawnee Herald
- The Pawnee Post (from 1965)
- 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 Divernon ...
- The Divernon News (from 1889)
- Published In Mount Auburn [Christian County] ...
- The Mt. Auburn Tribune (from 190?)
- Published In Auburn ...
- Auburn Citizen (from 1875)
- Auburn Herald (from 1874)
- Published In Illiopolis ...
- Niantic-Harristown County Line Observer (from 2001)
- The Sentinel (from 2004)
- The Voice Of Sangamon (from 1943)
- 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 Taylorville [Christian County] ...
- After Dark (from 1879)
- The first year of publication was in 1879, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the After Dark
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054624
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23956834
- Christian County Courier And Democrat (from 1900)
- Christian County Democrat (from 1868)
- Christian County Record (from 1935)
- Daily Advertiser (from 1869)
- Semi-Weekly Breeze
- Taylorville Daily News (from 1893)
- Taylorville Democrat (from 1874)
- The Calamity Howler (from 1892)
- The Christian County Farmers' Journal (from 1875)
- The Critical Observer (from 1878)
- The Daily Breeze (from 1894)
- The Daily Courier
- The Illinois Republican (from 186?)
- The Independent Press (from 1858)
- The Taylorville Daily Breeze Courier (from 1934)
- The Taylorville Daily Breeze (from 1930)
- The Taylorville Flag (from 186?)
- The Taylorville Journal (from 18??)
- The Taylorville Journal (from 18??)
- The Taylorville Record (from 1941)
- The Weekly Breeze (from 1894)
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- Published In Stonington [Christian County] ...
- Published In New Berlin ...
- New Berlin Advance (from 1874)
- New Berlin Bee (from 1933)
- New Berlin Tribune
- The County Tribune (from 1999)
- Published In Niantic [Macon County] ...
- The Niantic Enterprise (from 1905)
- Published In Mount Pulaski [Logan County] ...
- Hometown Weekly News (from 1988)
- Independent Free Press (from 1988)
- Monday Times-News (from 2004)
- Monday Times (from 2004)
- Mount Pulaski Weekly News (from 1988)
- Mt. Pulaski Dollar Star (from 1874)
- Mt. Pulaski Republican (from 1885)
- Mt. Pulaski Star (from 1873)
- Mt. Pulaski Times-Citizen (from 188?)
- Mt. Pulaski Times-News (from 1932)
- Mt. Pulaski Times (from 1904)
- Mt. Pulaski Weekly News (from 18??)
- The Mt. Pulaski Citizen (from 1876)
- The Mt. Pulaski Observer (from 1871)
- The Mt. Pulaski Sentinel (from 1870)
- The Mt. Pulaski Weekly News (from 1997)
- Thursday Weekly News (from 2001)
- Times News (from 1961)
- Times (from 2006)
- Years of publication: 2006 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Times
- Holdings for: LCCN 2010271275
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 641235528
- Times (from 2002)
- Years of publication: 2002 to 2004
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002061140
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 51949590
- Weekly Merchant (from 1987)
- Weekly News (from 1989)
- Weekly News (from 2000)
- Weekly Thursday News (from 1997)
- Published In Virden [Macoupin County] ...
- The Virden News (from 1871)
- The Virden Recorder (from 1921)
- The Virden Reporter (from 18??)
- Virden Record (from 18??)
- Published In Blue Mound [Macon County] ...
- Blue Mound Leader (from 188?)
- The Cyclone (from 1883)
- The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Cyclone
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054732
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22848257
- The Independent (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 Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90054733
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 22848832
- Published In Farmersville [Montgomery County] ...
- The Farmersville Herald & Post (from 1950)
- The Farmersville Herald (from 1943)
- The Farmersville Press (from 1964)
- Published In 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?)
- Published In Middletown [Logan County] ...
- Middletown Ledger (from 1905)
- Published In Morrisonville [Christian County] ...
- The Morrisonville Times (from 1875)
- Published In Petersburg [Menard County] ...
- 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)
- Published In Girard [Macoupin County] ...
- The Girard Gazette (from 1879)
- The Girard Review (from 1872)
- Published In Greenview [Menard County] ...
- The Greenview Review (from 19??)
- The Menard County Review (from 1971)
- Published In Harristown [Macon County] ...
- The Harristown Monitor (from 1906)
- 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 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)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Rochester: www.rochesteril.org/ 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- Rochester) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rochester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7574, Longitude: -89.5307 In this case, the coordinates for Rochester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
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