Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Shirley.
Our newspaper information for Shirley 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 Shirley. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Shirley. Our list contains 28 papers that were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Shirley.
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 Shirley.
Newspapers Neighboring Shirley ...
The following newspapers were published within 26 miles [41.8 km] of Shirley.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Shirley.
- Published In Mount Vernon ...
- We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Mount Vernon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Mount Vernon
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Shirley. This extended list includes all the papers from Mount Vernon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Shirley
- Published In Ina ...
- Ina Weekly News (from 1965)
- The Ina Observer (from 19??)
- Published In Dahlgren [Hamilton County] ...
- The Dahlgren Echo (from 1899)
- Published In Waltonville ...
- Waltonville Searchlight (from 1912)
- Waltonville Tribune (from 1917)
- Published In Wayne City [Wayne County] ...
- Wayne City Journal (from 19??)
- Wayne City News (from 1929)
- Published In Sesser [Franklin County] ...
- The Sesser Herald (from 19??)
- The Sesser Review (from 19??)
- Published In Ashley [Washington County] ...
- Ashley News (from 1955)
- The Ashley Gazette (from 1876)
- Published In Benton [Franklin County] ...
- Franklin Chronicle (from 1880)
- Franklin County Chronicle (from 1881)
- Franklin County Courier (from 1874)
- Franklin Democrat (from 1860)
- The Benton Evening News (from 1922)
- The Benton Republican (from 189?)
- The Benton Standard (from 1850)
- The Illinois Republican (from 1878)
- The Legal Tender (from 1879)
- Published In McLeansboro [Hamilton County] ...
- Hamilton County Express (from 186?)
- Hamilton County Herald (from 1888)
- Hamilton Democrat (from 1866)
- Hamilton Sucker (from 1858)
- McLeansboro Herald (from 1881)
- McLeansboro Herald (from 1889)
- The Golden Era (from 1872)
- The first year of publication was in 1872, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Golden Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85033793
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12268875
- The Hamilton County Herald (from 18??)
- The Hamilton Express (from 18??)
- The Leader (from 1882)
- The M'Leansboro Times (from 18??)
- The March Of Progress (from 1935)
- The Progressive Era (from 1884)
- The Times-Leader (from 1933)
- The Union Eagle (from 1865)
- Published In Iuka [Marion County] ...
- Iuka Bee (from 1899)
- Years of publication: 1899 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Iuka Bee
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92053784
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 25335001
- Published In Tamaroa [Perry County] ...
- Perry County Watchman (from 1871)
- Perry County Watchman (from 1874)
- Tamaroa Watchman (from 18??)
- The Egyptian Spy (from 1859)
- The Tamaroa Bugle (from 1894)
- The Tamaroa Item (from 1878)
- The Tamaroa Times (from 1895)
- Published In Central City [Marion County] ...
- Central City Gazette (from 1854)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Published In Christopher [Franklin County] ...
- The Christopher News (from 1906)
- The Christopher Progress (from 19??)
- The Progress (from 1970)
- Published In Salem [Marion County] ...
- Daily Herald-Advocate (from 1898)
- Marion County Anti-Monopolist (from 1873)
- Marion County Democrat (from 1889)
- Marion County Herald (from 1876)
- Marion County Republican (from 18??)
- Republican (from 1896)
- Salem Advocate (from 18??)
- Salem Central Gazette (from 1851)
- Salem Herald-Advocate (from 1880)
- Salem Republican And The Marion County Democrat (from 1955)
- Salem Times-Commoner (from 1955)
- Salem Weekly Advocate (from 186?)
- Salem Weekly Advocate (from 1873)
- Salem Weekly Advocate (from 187?)
- The Industrial (from 1875)
- The Salem Advocate (from 1858)
- The Salem Industrial Advocate (from 187?)
- The Salem Republican (from 1928)
- The Salem Weekly Advocate (from 1851)
- Published In Jeffersonville [Wayne County] ...
- The Wayne County Central (from 1873)
- Published In Odin [Marion County] ...
- The Odin Journal (from 1893)
- Published In Fairfield [Wayne County] ...
- We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fairfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Fairfield
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> of Shirley. This extended list includes all the papers from Fairfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Shirley
- Published In Xenia [Clay County] ...
- The Clay County Journal (from 1867)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Shirley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shirley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2850, Longitude: -88.8381 In this case, the coordinates for Shirley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |