Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Wood River 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 Wood River. In addition, the list contains another 34 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Wood River. In total, we've identified 38 papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Wood River.

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 Wood River.

Newspapers Published In Wood River ...

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

The Journal Of Wood River Township (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to 1990
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Journal Of Wood River Township
- Holdings for: LCCN SN79003278
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 5133634
The Journal (from 1937)
- Years of publication: 1937 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054179
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24782547
The Wood River Journal (from 1920)
- Years of publication: 1920 to 1937
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Wood River Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054178
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24782516
Wood River Daily Press (from 19??)
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Wood River Daily Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054150
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24473924

Newspapers Neighboring Wood River ...

The following newspapers were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Wood River.

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

Published In Alton ...
- We know of 49 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Alton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Alton
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Wood River. This extended list includes all the papers from Alton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wood River
Published In Edwardsville ...
- Edwardsville Democrat (from 1882)
  - Years of publication: 1882 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Edwardsville Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054117
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24152351
- Edwardsville Journal (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Edwardsville Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054118
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24157183
- Edwardsville Journal (from 1975)
  - Years of publication: 1975 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Edwardsville Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054120
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24157290
- Edwardsville Republican (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 1933
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Edwardsville Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033591
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12071896
- Edwardsville Spectator (from 1819)
  - Years of publication: 1819 to 1826
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Edwardsville Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN82015374
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8807454
- Illinois Corrector (from 1827)
  - Years of publication: 1827 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Illinois Corrector
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038429
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11309811
- Illinois Republican (from 1823)
  - Years of publication: 1823 to 1824
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Illinois Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038430
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11309880
- Madison County Anzeiger (from 1875)
  - The first year of publication was in 1875, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Madison County Anzeiger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84038431
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11309951
- Madison County Journal (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1975
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Madison County Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054119
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24157235
- Madison Weekly Advertiser (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Madison Weekly Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24147198
- Star Of The West (from 1822)
  - Years of publication: 1822 to 1823
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Star Of The West
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061109
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18757171
- The Crisis (from 1830)
  - Years of publication: 1830 to 1831
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Crisis
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90054089
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21475103
- The Edwardsville Intelligencer (from 1868)
  - Years of publication: 1868 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Edwardsville Intelligencer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033589
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12071749
- The Edwardsville Times (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Edwardsville Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054116
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24152314
- The Madison County Courier (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison County Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054113
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18758860
- The Madison County Daily News (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison County Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054112
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24147249
- The Madison County News (from 1933)
  - Years of publication: 1933 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054123
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24237047
- The Madison Intelligencer (from 1862)
  - Years of publication: 1862 to 1868
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Madison Intelligencer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061021
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23763154
- The Weekly Madison Press (from 1858)
  - Years of publication: 1858 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Madison Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054115
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24147287
Published In Granite City ...
- Granite City Post (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Granite City Post
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054148
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24465378
- Granite City Press And Herald (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1912
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Granite City Press And Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054160
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24536723
- Granite City Press-Record Journal Sunday (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Granite City Press-Record Journal Sunday
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054162
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24536915
- Granite City Press-Record (from 1912)
  - Years of publication: 1912 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Granite City Press-Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054161
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24536864
- Granite City Press (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Granite City Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054159
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24536621
- Naroden Glas = National Herald (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Naroden Glas = National Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83045328
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9423415
- Naroden Glas National Herald (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Naroden Glas National Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88084023
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18329661
- The Granite City Herald (from 1906)
  - Years of publication: 1906 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Granite City Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054158
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24536534
- The Jewish Bulletin Of Southern Illinois (from 1936)
  - Years of publication: 1936 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jewish Bulletin Of Southern Illinois
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2012271007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 777658598
Published In Brighton [Macoupin County] ...
- The Brighton Advance (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Brighton Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033411
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11944378
- The Brighton News
  - 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 Brighton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90054769
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23026527
- The Southwestern Journal News (from ????)
  - Years of publication: ???? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southwestern Journal News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2005062037
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 58551101
Published In Madison ...
- Madison Republic And Tribune (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Madison Republic And Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054128
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24259452
Published In Baden [Saint Louis City] ...
- The Baden News (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Baden News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90061958
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21895073
Published In Worden ...
- Madison County Chronicle (from ????)
  - Years of publication: ???? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Madison County Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2005062038
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 58551139
Published In Ferguson [Saint Louis County] ...
- Ferguson Herald (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferguson Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24123952
- Ferguson Reporter (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferguson Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92059007
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26910922
- Ferguson Town Talk (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1946
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Ferguson Town Talk
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92059005
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26911016
- St. Louis County Spirit (from 1964)
  - Years of publication: 1964 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the St. Louis County Spirit
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061135
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24123972
- The Ferguson Blade (from 191?)
  - Years of publication: 191? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ferguson Blade
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93060243
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28516235
- The Spirit Of Ferguson (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Spirit Of Ferguson
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24123956
- The Spirit Of St. Louis County (from 1964)
  - Published during 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Spirit Of St. Louis County
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061134
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24123969
- The Spirit (from 1964)
  - Published during 1964
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Spirit
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91061133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24123964
- The Town Talk (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Town Talk
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92059004
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26911012
- The Town Talk (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Town Talk
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92059006
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26911023
Published In Jennings [Saint Louis County] ...
- The Jennings News (from 1945)
  - Years of publication: 1945 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jennings News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90061139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20928363
Published In Bunker Hill [Macoupin County] ...
- Bunker Hill Gazette (from 1871)
  - Years of publication: 1871 to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Bunker Hill Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033408
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11936595
- Red And White (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Red And White
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2010271298
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 680525300
- The Bunker Hill Gazette-News (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bunker Hill Gazette-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054570
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23283890
- The Bunker Hill News (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1905
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Bunker Hill News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054569
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23283855
- The Macoupin County Advance (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Macoupin County Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054551
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23152987
- The Union Gazette (from 1866)
  - Years of publication: 1866 to 1871
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Union Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87056737
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17158806
Published In Collinsville ...
- Collinsville Journal (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Collinsville Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98063207
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38452773
- Collinsville Progress (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 Collinsville Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054138
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24314121
- The Advertiser (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24314168
- The Collinsville Argus (from 1871)
  - The first year of publication was in 1871, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Collinsville Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033470
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11981618
- The Collinsville Herald (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Collinsville Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN82015349
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8807973
- The Liberal Democrat (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 1879
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Liberal Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033472
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11986575
- The Weekly Herald (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91054146
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 24456534
Published In Florissant [Saint Louis County] ...
- Florissant Valley Reporter (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1961
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Florissant Valley Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89067392
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20615121
- The Florissant News (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 1913
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Florissant News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90061996
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21947250
- The Florissant Valley Reporter (from 1966)
  - Years of publication: 1966 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Florissant Valley Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89067394
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20615168
- The Independent News (from 1987)
  - Published during 1987
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Independent News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90061997
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21947238
Published In East Saint Louis [Saint Clair County] ...
- We know of 34 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of East Saint Louis. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for East Saint Louis
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> of Wood River. This extended list includes all the papers from East Saint Louis. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Wood River

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Wood River: www.woodriver.org/

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.il.us/

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

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wood River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wood River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8629, Longitude: -90.0798 In this case, the coordinates for Wood River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).