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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wakefield 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 Wakefield. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Wakefield. Our list contains 179 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Wakefield.

Newspapers Neighboring Wakefield ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km] of Wakefield.

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

  • Published In Sailor Springs [Clay County] ...
    • The World (from 189?)
  • Published In Noble  ...
  • Published In Newton [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Olney  ...
  • Published In Clay City [Clay County] ...
    • Clay County Advocate
  • Published In Sainte Marie [Jasper County] ...
  • Published In Louisville [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Dieterich [Effingham County] ...
  • Published In Willow Hill [Jasper County] ...
    • Willow Hill Echo (from 1915)
  • Published In Flora [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Oblong [Crawford County] ...
    • Oblong Ledger (from 1894)
    • Oblong Ledger (from 1946)
    • Oblong Oracle (from 1897)
    • The Oblong Gem (from 1984)
  • Published In Sumner [Lawrence County] ...
    • Lawrence County Courier (from 1895)
    • Lawrence County Press (from 1876)
    • Sumner Advocate (from 1891)
      • The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Sumner Advocate
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054064
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23806218
    • The Sumner Democrat (from 1891)
    • The Sumner Press (from 1882)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Published In Teutopolis [Effingham County] ...
    • Published In Stoy [Crawford County] ...
      • The Evidence (from 1912)
    • Published In Effingham [Effingham County] ...
    • Published In West Salem [Edwards County] ...
    • Published In Xenia [Clay County] ...
    • Published In Ewington [Effingham County] ...
      • Effingham Pioneer (from 1856)
    • Published In Bridgeport [Lawrence County] ...
    • Published In Farina [Fayette County] ...
      • The Farina News
        • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Farina News
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN2002061121
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 50231726
    • Published In Greenup [Cumberland County] ...
      • Cumberland Transcript (from 1859)
      • Greenup Press (from 1890)
      • Greenup Tribune (from 185?)
        • The first year of publication was in 185?, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Greenup Tribune
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054120
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22142378
      • The Cumberland Times (from 1882)
      • The Cumberland Tribune (from 1853)
      • The Greenup Expositor (from 1859)
      • The Greenup Mail (from 1871)
      • The Greenup Post (from 1893)
    • Published In Jeffersonville [Wayne County] ...
    • Published In Oak Point [Clark County] ...
    • Published In Robinson [Crawford County] ...
    • Published In Sigel [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...
    • Published In Altamont [Effingham County] ...
    • Published In Duncanville [Crawford County] ...
      • The Duncanville Courier
    • Published In Lawrenceville [Lawrence County] ...
      • American Banner (from 18??)
      • Lawrence County Courier (from 1868)
      • Lawrence County Democrat (from 1871)
      • Lawrence County Journal (from 1867)
      • Lawrence County News (from 1895)
      • Lawrenceville Banner (from 1847)
      • Lawrenceville Republican (from 18??)
      • Star Spangled Banner (from 1847)
      • The American Banner (from 1855)
      • The Daily Record (from 1922)
      • The Democratic Herald (from 1872)
      • The Rural Republican (from 1873)
      • The Western Globe (from 18??)

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Wakefield. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wakefield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wakefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8401, Longitude: -88.2443    









 

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