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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Washburn 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 Washburn. In addition, the list contains another 212 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Washburn. In total, we've identified 216 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Washburn.

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 Washburn.  

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

Newspapers Published In Washburn ...

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

  • The Varna Leader (from 1919)
  • The Washburn Herald (from 18??)
  • The Washburn Leader
  • Washburn Revielle (from 1870)
    • The first year of publication was in 1870, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Washburn Revielle
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85034262
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12599588

Newspapers Neighboring Washburn ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Washburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Washburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9202, Longitude: -89.2926       In this case, the coordinates for Washburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).