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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Decatur 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 17 papers that were published in the immediate area of Decatur. In addition, the list contains another 84 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Decatur. In total, we've identified 101 papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Decatur.

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 Decatur.  

Newspapers Published In Decatur ...

We know of 17 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Decatur:

Newspapers Neighboring Decatur ...

The following newspapers were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Decatur.

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

  • Published In Craigville [Wells County] ...
    • The Craigville Courier (from 1895)
  • Published In Willshire [Van Wert County] ...
    • Photo Star (from 1960)
      • Years of publication:  1960 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Photo Star
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN79002750
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 4938932
    • Willshire Herald (from 19??)
  • Published In Monroeville [Allen County] ...
  • Published In Berne  ...
  • Published In Convoy [Van Wert County] ...
  • Published In Bluffton [Wells County] ...
    • American Volunteer (from 1899)
    • Bluffton Banner (from 1850)
    • Bluffton Chronicle (from 1890)
    • Bluffton Evening News (from 1920)
    • Bluffton News-Banner (from 1942)
    • Bluffton Standard (from 186?)
    • Bluffton Weekly Chronicle (from 1879)
    • Evening News-Banner (from 1929)
    • Greenback Times (from 1878)
    • Little Lively (from 1872)
    • Sewell's Comic Advertiser (from 187?)
    • The Banner (from 186?)
    • The Blade (from 1859)
    • The Bluffton Banner (from 1870)
    • The Bluffton Chronicle (from 18??)
    • The Budget (from 1861)
    • The Evening Banner (from 1899)
    • The Evening News (from 1892)
    • The Gem (from 1873)
      • Years of publication:  1873 to 18??
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Gem
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN87056810
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 16907911
    • The News-Banner (from 1998)
    • The People's Press (from 1855)
    • The Regulator (from 1858)
    • The Shoo Fly (from 1872)
    • Wells County Times (from 1878)
  • Published In Ohio City [Van Wert County] ...
  • Published In New Haven [Allen County] ...
  • Published In Van Wert [Van Wert County] ...
  • Published In Fort Wayne [Allen County] ...
    • We know of 81 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Fort Wayne. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Fort Wayne
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> of Decatur. This extended list includes all the papers from Fort Wayne. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Decatur
  • Published In Woodburn [Allen County] ...
    • The Woodburn News (from 1910)
    • Woodburn Booster (from 1935)
  • Published In Payne [Paulding County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

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

The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.in.us/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.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- Decatur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Decatur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8301, Longitude: -84.9280       In this case, the coordinates for Decatur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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