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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sheffield 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 Sheffield. In addition, the list contains another 211 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sheffield. In total, we've identified 216 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Sheffield.

Newspapers Published In Sheffield ...

We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sheffield:

  • Bureau County Times (from 1889)
  • Prairie Review (from 2003)
  • Sheffield Bulletin (from 1955)
  • The News Bulletin (from 2001)
  • The Sheffield Times

Newspapers Neighboring Sheffield ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Sheffield.

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

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 from Point A (ie- Sheffield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sheffield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3572, Longitude: -89.7372       In this case, the coordinates for Sheffield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).