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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Prairieton 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 Prairieton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Prairieton. Our list contains 40 papers that were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Prairieton.

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 Prairieton.  

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

Newspapers Neighboring Prairieton ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km] of Prairieton.

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

  • Published In Terre Haute  ...
    • 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 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Prairieton. 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 Prairieton.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Farmersburg [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 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of Prairieton. 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 Prairieton.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Shelburn [Sullivan County] ...
  • Published In West Union [Clark County] ...
  • Published In West York [Crawford County] ...
    • 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
  • Published In Sullivan [Sullivan County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Prairieton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairieton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3700, Longitude: -87.4745       In this case, the coordinates for Prairieton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).