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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Sterling 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 22 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sterling. In addition, the list contains another 197 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sterling. In total, we've identified 219 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Sterling.

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 Sterling.  

Newspapers Published In Sterling ...

We know of 22 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sterling:

Newspapers Neighboring Sterling ...

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

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

  • Published In Rock Falls  ...
  • Published In Coleta  ...
    • Coleta Journal (from 1892)
  • Published In Dixon [Lee County] ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Dixon. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Dixon
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Sterling. This extended list includes all the papers from Dixon. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sterling
  • Published In Tampico  ...
  • Published In Milledgeville [Carroll County] ...
  • Published In Morrison  ...
  • Published In Polo [Ogle County] ...
  • Published In Prophetstown  ...
  • Published In Walnut [Bureau County] ...
  • Published In Amboy [Lee County] ...
  • Published In Franklin Grove [Lee County] ...
    • Franklin Reporter (from 1870)
  • Published In Ohio [Bureau County] ...
    • The Ohio Herald
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1952
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Ohio Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053276
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25984969
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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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sterling) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sterling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7889, Longitude: -89.6965