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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Velma 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 Velma. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Velma. Our list contains 158 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Velma.

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 Velma.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Neighboring Velma ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Velma.

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

  • Published In Taylorville  ...
  • Published In Stonington  ...
    • The Stonington Star
  • Published In Assumption  ...
  • Published In Edinburg  ...
    • Edinburg Herald (from 188?)
      • The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Edinburg Herald
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054611
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23865858
    • The Edinburg Herald
  • Published In Pana  ...
  • Published In Morrisonville  ...
  • Published In Moweaqua [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Blue Mound [Macon County] ...
    • Blue Mound Leader (from 188?)
    • The Cyclone (from 1883)
      • The first year of publication was in 1883, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Cyclone
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054732
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848257
    • The Independent (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 Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054733
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22848832
  • Published In Nokomis [Montgomery County] ...
  • Published In Mount Auburn  ...
  • Published In Oconee [Shelby County] ...
    • The Enterprise (from 1884)
      • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054817
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22569978
  • Published In Tower Hill [Shelby County] ...
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • Published In Macon [Macon County] ...
      • The Macon News
      • The Macon Record
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Macon Record
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN93056010
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 29240661
    • Published In Pawnee [Sangamon County] ...
      • The Pawnee Herald
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Pawnee Herald
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054679
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22460075
      • The Pawnee Post (from 1965)
    • Published In Divernon [Sangamon County] ...
      • The Divernon News (from 1889)
    • Published In Farmersville [Montgomery County] ...
    • Published In Mechanicsburg [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Raymond [Montgomery County] ...
    • Published In Illiopolis [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Irving [Montgomery County] ...
      • The Irving Gazette (from 1872)
      • The Irving Times
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Irving Times
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054571
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23304315
    • Published In Niantic [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Rochester [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Harristown [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Herrick [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Shelbyville [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Findlay [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Dalton City [Moultrie County] ...
      • The Dalton Echo (from 18??)
    • Published In Hillsboro [Montgomery County] ...
    • Published In Mount Zion [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Ramsey [Fayette County] ...
    • Published In Auburn [Sangamon County] ...
      • Auburn Citizen (from 1875)
      • Auburn Herald (from 1874)
    • Published In Bethany [Moultrie County] ...
      • The Bethany Echo (from 189?)
    • Published In Bingham [Fayette County] ...
      • The Bingham Agriculturist (from 1888)
    • Published In Cowden [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Decatur [Macon County] ...
      • We know of 80 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Decatur. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Decatur
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Velma. This extended list includes all the papers from Decatur. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Velma.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Riverton [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Springfield [Sangamon County] ...
      • We know of 154 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Springfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Springfield
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Velma. This extended list includes all the papers from Springfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Velma.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Virden [Macoupin County] ...
      • The Virden News (from 1871)
      • The Virden Recorder (from 1921)
      • The Virden Reporter (from 18??)
      • Virden Record (from 18??)

The official website for Chronicling America

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Velma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Velma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5152, Longitude: -89.2322       In this case, the coordinates for Velma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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