Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rockford.
Our newspaper information for Rockford 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 62 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rockford. In addition, the list contains another 87 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rockford. In total, we've identified 149 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Rockford.
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 Rockford.
Newspapers Published In Rockford ...
We know of 62 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rockford:
- Folkets nyheter (from 1913)
- Framtiden (from 1892)
- The first year of publication was in 1892, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Framtiden
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86086412
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13346556
- Journal (from 19??)
- Mid-West Observer (from 1979)
- Morning Star (from 1888)
- Our Public Schools (from 1886)
- Rock River Democrat (from 1852)
- Rock River Express (from 1840)
- Rock River Mirror (from 1859)
- Rock River Times (from 1993)
- Rockford Daily Evening Gazette (from 1879)
- Rockford Daily News (from 1859)
- Continue List (50 more) ...
- Rockford Daily Register (from 1873)
- Rockford Daily Republic (from 1925)
- Rockford Daily Spectator (from 1893)
- Rockford Democrat (from 186?)
- Rockford Forum (from 1844)
- Rockford Gazette (from 1867)
- Rockford Journal (from 1966)
- Rockford Labor News (from 1936)
- Rockford Morning Star (from 1898)
- Rockford Pilot (from 1841)
- Rockford Register Star (from 1979)
- Rockford Register-Republic (from 1930)
- Rockford Register (from 1855)
- Rockford Republic (from 1896)
- Rockford Republic (from 1908)
- Rockford Semi-Weekly Gazette (from 18??)
- Rockford Semi-Weekly Star
- Rockford UAW-CIO Advocator (from 1945)
- Rockford Weekly Gazette (from 187?)
- Rockford Weekly Register (from 187?)
- Rockfords Allehanda (from 18??)
- Rockfords Allehanda (from 18??)
- Rockfords-Posten (from 188?)
- Svenska Journalen (from 1912)
- Svenska Posten (from 1911)
- The Crusader (from 1950)
- The Crusader (from 1950)
- The Daily News (from 1878)
- The Evening Republican (from 189?)
- The Hornet (from 1874)
- The Labor News (from 19??)
- The Monitor (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 Monitor
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2007061010
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 85856332
- The Morning Star (from 1969)
- The Parks Journal (from 19??)
- The Post Pilot (from 1983)
- The Rockford Daily Gazette (from 1879)
- The Rockford Daily Register-Gazette (from 1891)
- The Rockford Daily Republic (from 1896)
- The Rockford Free Press (from 1848)
- The Rockford Journal (from 1870)
- The Rockford Republican (from 1854)
- The Rockford Star (from 1840)
- The Rockford Times (from 1875)
- The Semi-Weekly Register-Gazette
- The Sentinel (from 1943)
- The Spectator (from 1892)
- The Weekly News (from 1860)
- The Winnebago County Chief (from 1867)
- Winnebago Chief (from 1866)
- Winnebago Forum (from 1843)
Newspapers Neighboring Rockford ...
The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Rockford.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rockford.
- Published In Grant Park ...
- The Grant Park Gazette (from 1980)
- Published In Loves Park ...
- Monday Morning Mail (from 1951)
- North Suburban Herald (from 1989)
- Parks Journal (from 1998)
- Rockton Roscoe Herald (from 1998)
- Tempo (from 1999)
- Years of publication: 1999 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Tempo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2005061807
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 57673550
- The Loves Park Post Machesney Park Pilot (from 19??)
- The Post-Journal (from 1999)
- The Post (from 1952)
- Published In Winnebago ...
- The Winnebago Reflector (from 1942)
- Winnebago News (from 1958)
- Published In Davis Junction [Ogle County] ...
- The Davis Junction Enterprise (from 1876)
- Published In Belvidere [Boone County] ...
- Belvidere Daily Republican (from 1907)
- Belvidere Recorder (from 1878)
- Belvidere Republican (from 1848)
- Belvidere Standard And Boone County Advertiser (from 1852)
- Boone County Advertiser (from 1863)
- Boone County Ink (from 2001)
- Boone County Republican
- Republican-northwestern (from 1903)
- The Belvidere Northwestern (from 1867)
- The Belvidere Northwestern (from 1890)
- The Belvidere Standard (from 1851)
- The Belvidere Standard (from 1854)
- The Boone County Independent (from 1859)
- The Daily Index (from 1875)
- The Daily Republican
- Published In Monroe Center [Ogle County] ...
- The Monroe Center News (from 1898)
- Published In Rockton ...
- Rockton-Roscoe Herald (from 1986)
- The Herald (from 1999)
- The Rockton Herald (from 1875)
- Published In Stillman Valley [Ogle County] ...
- Stillman Valley Graphic (from 1889)
- Stillman Valley News (from 193?)
- Stillman Valley Register (from 1889)
- Published In Byron [Ogle County] ...
- Byron Tribune (from 1934)
- Northern Ogle County Tempo (from 1989)
- Northern Ogle Tempo (from 1975)
- Tempo (from 1969)
- Years of publication: 1969 to 1975
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Tempo
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93055388
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27308629
- The Byron Express (from 1882)
- The Byron News (from 1874)
- The Byron Record (from 1899)
- The Byron Times (from 1876)
- The Sentinel (from 1999)
- Published In Pecatonica ...
- The Gazette (from 1999)
- The Pecatonica News (from 1872)
- Published In Beloit [Rock County] ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Beloit. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Beloit
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Rockford. This extended list includes all the papers from Beloit. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rockford
- Published In Durand ...
- Durand Semi-Weekly Clipper (from 1894)
- Durand Weekly Clipper (from 190?)
- Durand-Stephenson Gazette (from 1992)
- News Gazette (from 1989)
- The Durand Argus (from 1883)
- The Durand Clipper (from 1893)
- The Durand Clipper (from 1895)
- The Durand Gazette (from 1907)
- The Durand Patriot (from 1875)
- The Durand Record (from 1890)
- The Durand Weekly Clipper (from 1891)
- The Northern Illinois Volunteer (from 1991)
- The Volunteer (from 1990)
- Winnebago-Pecatonica Gazette
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Published In Capron [Boone County] ...
- Published In Davis [Stephenson County] ...
- Stephenson County Scope (from 1975)
- The Davis Budget (from 1870)
- The Davis Leader (from 1910)
- The Davis Review (from 187?)
- The Davis Sentinel (from 1886)
- scope (from 1969)
- Years of publication: 1969 to 1974
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the scope
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98063210
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38483336
- Published In Leaf River [Ogle County] ...
- Leaf River Mirror (from 1891)
- Leaf River Register (from 1935)
- The Leaf River Enterprise (from 1881)
- Published In German Valley [Stephenson County] ...
- German Valley Bulletin (from 1935)
- Published In Oregon [Ogle County] ...
- Daily Ogle County Reporter (from 1875)
- Independent-Democrat (from 1888)
- Ogle County Daily Grange (from 1874)
- Ogle County Gazette (from 1851)
- Ogle County Grange (from 1873)
- Ogle County Local (from 1888)
- Ogle County Reporter (from 1883)
- Ogle County Schools (from 1885)
- Oregon National Guard (from 1866)
- Oregon Republican Reporter (from 1969)
- The Daily Oregon (from 1895)
- The Local-Advocate (from 1893)
- The Ogle County Constitution And Independent-Democrat (from 1900)
- The Ogle County Constitution (from 1900)
- The Ogle County Life Rock Valley Shopper (from 1985)
- The Ogle County Reporter (from 1852)
- The Ogle County Republican (from 1894)
- The Oregon Courier (from 1875)
- The Oregon Independent (from 1881)
- The Republican-Reporter (from 1951)
- The Semi-Weekly Oregon (from 1896)
- Published In Rock City [Stephenson County] ...
- Rock City Gazette (from 1870)
- Published In Clinton [Rock County] ...
- Clinton Herald (from 188?)
- Clinton Times Observer (from 1923)
- Rock County Banner (from 1888)
- Rock County Republican (from 1880)
- The Clinton Herald (from 1942)
- The Clinton Independent (from 1875)
- The Clinton Topper (from 1938)
- The Independent (from 1874)
- The Weekly Witness (from 1893)
- The Witness (from 1893)
- Weekly Herald (from 1880)
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- Rockford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2689, Longitude: -89.0847 |