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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Virden 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 Virden. In addition, the list contains another 243 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Virden. In total, we've identified 247 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Virden.

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 Virden.  

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

Newspapers Published In Virden ...

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

  • The Virden News (from 1871)
  • The Virden Recorder (from 1921)
  • The Virden Reporter (from 18??)
  • Virden Record (from 18??)

Newspapers Neighboring Virden ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Virden.

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

  • Published In Girard  ...
  • Published In Auburn [Sangamon County] ...
    • Auburn Citizen (from 1875)
    • Auburn Herald (from 1874)
  • Published In Divernon [Sangamon County] ...
    • The Divernon News (from 1889)
  • Published In Farmersville [Montgomery County] ...
  • Published In Modesto  ...
    • The Weekly Transcript
  • 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 Waverly [Morgan County] ...
    • Journal-Enterprise (from 1905)
    • The Enterprise
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1903
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Enterprise
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054692
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 24477958
    • The Waverly Journal (from 18??)
    • The Waverly Journal (from 1911)
    • The Waverly Times (from 1872)
    • Waverly Enterprise (from 1903)
  • Published In Palmyra  ...
  • Published In Carlinville  ...
  • Published In Raymond [Montgomery County] ...
  • Published In Franklin [Morgan County] ...
    • The Franklin Times
  • Published In Morrisonville [Christian County] ...
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Published In New Berlin [Sangamon County] ...
      • New Berlin Advance (from 1874)
      • New Berlin Bee (from 1933)
      • New Berlin Tribune
        • 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 New Berlin Tribune
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054688
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22483150
      • The County Tribune (from 1999)
    • Published In Scottville  ...
    • 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 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Virden. 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 Virden.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Rochester [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Edinburg [Christian County] ...
      • 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 Litchfield [Montgomery County] ...
    • Published In Greenfield [Greene County] ...
    • Published In Taylorville [Christian County] ...
    • Published In Gillespie  ...
      • Gillespie Area News (from 1995)
      • South County News (from 2004)
      • The Area News (from 1963)
      • The Gillespie News (from 19??)
      • The Record (from 1926)
    • Published In Pleasant Plains [Sangamon County] ...
      • Pleasant Plains Advocate (from 1891)
      • Pleasant Plains Press (from 1935)
      • The Pleasant Plains Argus (from 1922)
      • The Review (from 1900)
      • The Tallula Record (from 1923)
      • The Weekly Press (from 1899)
      • West Sangamon Gazette (from 189?)
    • Published In Riverton [Sangamon County] ...
    • Published In Hillsboro [Montgomery County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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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- Virden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Virden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5029, Longitude: -89.7675    









 

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