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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for West York 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of West York. In addition, the list contains another 93 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West York. In total, we've identified 94 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of West York.

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 West York.  

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

Newspapers Published In West York ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the West York area:

  • West York Advance (from 1884)
    • The first year of publication was in 1884, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the West York Advance
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91054032
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23274801

Newspapers Neighboring West York ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of West York.

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

  • Published In West Union [Clark County] ...
  • Published In Hutsonville  ...
  • Published In Annapolis  ...
  • Published In Robinson  ...
  • Published In Palestine  ...
  • Published In Duncanville  ...
    • The Duncanville Courier
  • Published In Stoy  ...
    • The Evidence (from 1912)
  • Published In Shelburn [Sullivan County] ...
  • Published In Marshall [Clark County] ...
    • We know of 26 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Marshall. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Marshall
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of West York. This extended list includes all the papers from Marshall. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West York.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Sullivan [Sullivan County] ...
  • Published In Martinsville [Clark County] ...
    • Martinsville Express (from 1871)
    • The Martinsville Planet (from 1884)
  • Published In Oak Point [Clark County] ...
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Published In Farmersburg [Sullivan County] ...
    • Published In Oblong  ...
      • Oblong Ledger (from 1894)
      • Oblong Ledger (from 1946)
      • Oblong Oracle (from 1897)
      • The Oblong Gem (from 1984)
    • Published In Flat Rock  ...
    • Published In Casey [Clark County] ...
    • Published In Carlisle [Sullivan County] ...
      • Carlisle Argus (from 1887)
      • The Carlisle Democrat (from 1877)
      • The Carlisle News (from 1895)
      • The Democrat (from 1878)
    • Published In Willow Hill [Jasper County] ...
      • Willow Hill Echo (from 1915)
    • Published In Dugger [Sullivan County] ...
      • The Dugger Post (from 1960)
    • Published In Oaktown [Knox County] ...
    • Published In Terre Haute [Vigo County] ...
      • We know of 93 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Terre Haute. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Terre Haute
      • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of West York. This extended list includes all the papers from Terre Haute. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West York.

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

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for West York. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West York) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West York. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1712, Longitude: -87.6736       In this case, the coordinates for West York have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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