Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Alton.
Our newspaper information for West Alton 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 West Alton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding West Alton. Our list contains 105 papers that were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of West Alton.
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 Alton.
Newspapers Neighboring West Alton ...
The following newspapers were published within 14 miles [22.5 km] of West Alton.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from West Alton.
- Published In Alton [Madison County] ...
- 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> of West Alton. 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 West Alton
- Published In Wood River [Madison County] ...
- The Journal Of Wood River Township (from 19??)
- The Journal (from 1937)
- The Wood River Journal (from 1920)
- Wood River Daily Press (from 19??)
- Published In Florissant [Saint Louis County] ...
- Florissant Valley Reporter (from 1950)
- The Florissant News (from 1911)
- The Florissant Valley Reporter (from 1966)
- The Independent News (from 1987)
- Published In Ferguson [Saint Louis County] ...
- Ferguson Herald (from 1955)
- Ferguson Reporter (from 1960)
- Ferguson Town Talk (from 19??)
- St. Louis County Spirit (from 1964)
- The Ferguson Blade (from 191?)
- The Spirit Of Ferguson (from 1960)
- The Spirit Of St. Louis County (from 1964)
- The Spirit (from 1964)
- The Town Talk (from 192?)
- The Town Talk (from 1947)
- Published In Baden [Saint Louis City] ...
- The Baden News (from 1927)
- Published In Jennings [Saint Louis County] ...
- The Jennings News (from 1945)
- Published In Granite City [Madison County] ...
- Granite City Post (from 19??)
- Granite City Press And Herald (from 1908)
- Granite City Press-Record Journal Sunday (from 1985)
- Granite City Press-Record (from 1912)
- Granite City Press (from 1903)
- Naroden Glas = National Herald (from 1907)
- Naroden Glas National Herald (from 19??)
- The Granite City Herald (from 1906)
- The Jewish Bulletin Of Southern Illinois (from 1936)
- Published In Brighton [Macoupin County] ...
- The Brighton Advance (from 1871)
- The Brighton News
- The Southwestern Journal News (from ????)
- Published In Edwardsville [Madison County] ...
- Edwardsville Democrat (from 1882)
- Edwardsville Journal (from 1965)
- Edwardsville Journal (from 1975)
- Edwardsville Republican (from 1869)
- Edwardsville Spectator (from 1819)
- Illinois Corrector (from 1827)
- Illinois Republican (from 1823)
- Madison County Anzeiger (from 1875)
- Madison County Journal (from 1969)
- Madison Weekly Advertiser (from 185?)
- Star Of The West (from 1822)
- The Crisis (from 1830)
- The Edwardsville Intelligencer (from 1868)
- The Edwardsville Times (from 1881)
- The Madison County Courier (from 1865)
- The Madison County Daily News (from 1963)
- The Madison County News (from 1933)
- The Madison Intelligencer (from 1862)
- The Weekly Madison Press (from 1858)
- Published In Grafton [Jersey County] ...
- Grafton Reporter (from 1849)
- The first year of publication was in 1849, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Grafton Reporter
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91054559
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23198979
- The Backwoodsman (from 1837)
- The Grafton Phoenix (from 1842)
- Published In Madison [Madison County] ...
- Madison Republic And Tribune (from 19??)
- Published In Wellston [Saint Louis County] ...
- The Wellston Local (from 1914)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for West Alton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saint Charles County: www.saintcharlescounty.org/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8666, Longitude: -90.2083 In this case, the coordinates for West Alton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |