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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sheldon 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sheldon. In addition, the list contains another 186 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sheldon. In total, we've identified 190 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Sheldon.

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 Sheldon.  

Newspapers Published In Sheldon ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sheldon:

  • Sheldon Enterprise (from 1875)
  • Sheldon Journal (from 18??)
  • The Journal (from 196?)
  • The Sheldon News (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 Sheldon News
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91055284
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24148879

Newspapers Neighboring Sheldon ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Sheldon.

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

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Iroquois County: www.iroquois-co.com/

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- Sheldon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sheldon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7712, Longitude: -87.5640    









 

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