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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Watson 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 Watson. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Watson. Our list contains 63 papers that were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Watson.

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 Watson.  

Newspapers Neighboring Watson ...

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

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

  • Published In Ewington  ...
    • Effingham Pioneer (from 1856)
  • Published In Effingham  ...
  • Published In Teutopolis  ...
  • Published In Altamont  ...
  • Published In Dieterich  ...
  • Published In Sigel [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Saint Elmo [Fayette County] ...
  • Published In Stewardson [Shelby County] ...
    • Stewardson Clipper
      • The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1989
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Stewardson Clipper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90054850
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 22830719
  • 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 Louisville [Clay County] ...
  • Published In Cowden [Shelby County] ...
  • Published In Neoga [Cumberland County] ...
    • The Neoga News (from 1876)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Published In Newton [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Sailor Springs [Clay County] ...
      • The World (from 189?)
    • Published In Strasburg [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Kinmundy [Marion County] ...
    • Published In Flora [Clay County] ...
    • Published In Toledo [Cumberland County] ...
    • Published In Clay City [Clay County] ...
      • Clay County Advocate
    • 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 Herrick [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Xenia [Clay County] ...
    • Published In Vandalia [Fayette County] ...
      • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Vandalia. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Vandalia
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Watson. This extended list includes all the papers from Vandalia. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Watson
    • Published In Noble [Richland County] ...
    • Published In Sainte Marie [Jasper County] ...
    • Published In Shelbyville [Shelby County] ...
    • Published In Willow Hill [Jasper County] ...
      • Willow Hill Echo (from 1915)
    • Published In Iuka [Marion County] ...
      • Iuka Bee (from 1899)
        • Years of publication:  1899 to 19??
        • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
        • Catalog Card for the Iuka Bee
        • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92053784
        • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 25335001
    • Published In Lerna [Coles County] ...
    • Published In Ramsey [Fayette County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Effingham County: www.co.effingham.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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- Watson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Watson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0254, Longitude: -88.5682       In this case, the coordinates for Watson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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