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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wapella 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Wapella. In addition, the list contains another 110 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wapella. In total, we've identified 112 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wapella.

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 Wapella.  

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

Newspapers Published In Wapella ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Wapella:

  • The Independent (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 Independent
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054551
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21792912
  • The Wapella Herald

Newspapers Neighboring Wapella ...

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

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

  • Published In Heyworth [McLean County] ...
    • Heyworth Natural Gas
    • Heyworth Reporter (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Heyworth Reporter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054528
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21401521
    • The Heyworth Star (from 1923)
  • Published In Waynesville  ...
  • Published In Kenney  ...
  • Published In Maroa [Macon County] ...
    • Maroa Sentinel (from 1938)
    • The Maroa Times (from 1867)
    • The Maroa Weekly News (from 1872)
    • The News-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 News-Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082810
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15902629
    • The Prairie Post (from 1958)
  • Published In McLean [McLean County] ...
    • The Bee (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 Bee
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051192
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30689759
    • The Bug (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 Bug
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051237
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 30853710
    • The Buzz-saw (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 Buzz-saw
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94051239
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31142539
    • The McLean County News (from 1959)
    • The McLean Gazette (from 18??)
    • The McLean Lens (from 1959)
    • The McLean Lens
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1959
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The McLean Lens
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054538
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21437467
  • Published In Beason [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Le Roy [McLean County] ...
  • Published In Atlanta [Logan County] ...
    • Atlanta Daily Argus (from 1895)
    • Logan County Forum (from 1856)
    • Logan County Journal (from 1865)
    • The Argus (from 187?)
    • The Argus (from 18??)
    • The Atlanta Argus And The Armington Helper (from 1964)
    • The Atlanta Argus-lens (from 1959)
    • The Atlanta Argus (from 1869)
    • The Atlanta Argus (from 1959)
    • The Atlanta Argus (from 1893)
    • The Atlanta Weekly Forum (from 1855)
    • Whang-doodle (from 1858)
      • The first year of publication was in 1858, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Whang-doodle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87082214
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 15203716
  • Published In Chestnut [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Farmer City  ...
  • Published In Argenta [Macon County] ...
    • Argenta Herald (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Hustler (from 1892)
    • The Argenta Register (from 1917)
  • Published In Bloomington [McLean County] ...
    • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bloomington. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bloomington
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wapella. This extended list includes all the papers from Bloomington. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wapella.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
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    • Published In De Land [Piatt County] ...
      • The De Land Tribune (from 1904)
      • The Tribune
        • 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 Tribune
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053171
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25489345
    • Published In Armington [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Ellsworth [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Forsyth [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Normal [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Oreana [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Stanford [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Warrensburg [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Lincoln [Logan County] ...
      • We know of 56 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Lincoln. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Lincoln
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wapella. This extended list includes all the papers from Lincoln. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wapella.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Mount Pulaski [Logan County] ...
    • Published In Arrowsmith [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Mansfield [Piatt County] ...
      • Mansfield Daily Express (from 1895)
      • Mansfield Express (from 1887)
        • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Mansfield Express
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90068359
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21769075
      • The Mansfield Express
    • Published In Minier [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Towanda [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Bellflower [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Danvers [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Monticello [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Cerro Gordo [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Cooksville [McLean County] ...
      • The Weekly Advocate (from 189?)
    • 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 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Wapella. 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 Wapella.

        Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
    • Published In Carlock [McLean County] ...
      • Carlock Booster (from 193?)
      • The Carlock Chronicle (from 1962)
      • The Quill (from 19??)
        • Years of publication:  19?? to current
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for The Quill
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN00061596
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 45699909
    • Published In Harristown [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Hudson [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Hopedale [Tazewell County] ...
    • Published In Niantic [Macon County] ...
    • Published In Emden [Logan County] ...
      • The Emden News (from 1895)
    • Published In Bement [Piatt County] ...
    • Published In Colfax [McLean County] ...
    • Published In Illiopolis [Sangamon County] ...

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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 '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- Wapella) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wapella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2219, Longitude: -88.9613       In this case, the coordinates for Wapella have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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