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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rooks Creek 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 Rooks Creek. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rooks Creek. Our list contains 206 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rooks Creek.

Newspapers Neighboring Rooks Creek ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Rooks Creek.

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

  • Published In Pontiac  ...
  • Published In Cornell  ...
    • The Cornell Journal
  • Published In Flanagan  ...
    • The Flanagan Home Times (from 1964)
    • The Home Times
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1964
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Home Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054126
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22695667
  • Published In Chenoa [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Odell  ...
  • Published In Fairbury  ...
    • Fairbury Journal (from 1866)
    • Fairbury Weekly Independent (from 1876)
    • Livingston Citizen (from 19??)
    • Livingston County Blade (from 187?)
    • The Blade (from 1990)
      • Years of publication:  1990 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Blade
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93055961
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 28716916
    • The Blade (from 1884)
    • The Blade (from 1900)
    • The Blade (from 190?)
    • The Blade (from 1915)
    • The Daily Blade (from 1884)
    • The Daily Blade (from 1903)
    • The Daily Blade (from 1909)
    • The Daily Independent-Blade (from 1882)
    • The Daily Local Record
    • The Fair-dealer (from 1893)
      • The first year of publication was in 1893, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Fair-dealer
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054822
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22607781
    • The Fairbury Blade (from 1922)
    • The Fairbury Independent (from 1871)
    • The Independent-Blade (from 1877)
    • The Local Record
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1947
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Local Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054128
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22722355
  • Published In Gridley [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Long Point  ...
    • The Long Point Advocate
  • Published In Lexington [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Forrest  ...
  • Published In Minonk [Woodford County] ...
  • Published In Emington  ...
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Published In Streator [La Salle County] ...
    • Published In El Paso [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Ransom [La Salle County] ...
      • The Ransom Journal
    • Published In Rutland [La Salle County] ...
    • Published In Dwight  ...
    • Published In Benson [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Chatsworth  ...
    • Published In Colfax [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Cullom  ...
    • Published In Cooksville [McLean County] ...
      • The Weekly Advocate (from 189?)
    • Published In Hudson [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Toluca [Marshall County] ...
    • Published In Towanda [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Lostant [La Salle County] ...
      • Lostant Centennial Edition (from 1961)
      • The Lostant Local (from 18??)
      • The Lostant News (from 1926)
      • The Reporter (from 1894)
        • The first year of publication was in 1894, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Reporter
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053232
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25679343
    • Published In Roanoke [Woodford County] ...
    • Published In Sibley [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Marseilles [La Salle County] ...
    • Published In Reddick [Kankakee County] ...
    • Published In La Rose [Marshall County] ...
      • The La Rose Vidette (from 1873)
    • Published In Mazon [Grundy County] ...
    • Published In Piper City [Ford County] ...
    • Published In Arrowsmith [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Ellsworth [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Gardner [Grundy County] ...
      • Gardner Independent (from 1876)
      • The Chronicle (from 18??)
      • The Enterprise (from 1876)
      • The Gardner Chronicle (from 191?)
    • Published In Normal [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Seneca [La Salle County] ...
      • Seneca Weekly Journal (from 1873)
      • The Bumble Bee (from 1893)
      • The Seneca News (from 1895)
        • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Seneca News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053259
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25816108
    • Published In Varna [Marshall County] ...
    • Published In Carlock [McLean County] ...
      • Carlock Booster (from 193?)
      • The Carlock Chronicle (from 1962)
      • The Quill (from 19??)
        • Years of publication:  19?? to current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Quill
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00061596
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 45699909
    • Published In Magnolia [Putnam County] ...
    • Published In Tonica [La Salle County] ...
      • The Tonica Local (from 1871)
      • Tonica News (from 1874)

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Livingston County: www.livingstoncounty-il.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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rooks Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rooks Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8806, Longitude: -88.7003       In this case, the coordinates for Rooks Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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