Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mattoon 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 Mattoon. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Mattoon. Our list contains 31 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Mattoon.

Newspapers Neighboring Mattoon ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Mattoon.

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

Published In Itta Bena [Leflore County] ...
- The Itta Bena Progress (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Itta Bena Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065212
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15298890
- The Itta Bena Times (from 1909)
  - Years of publication: 1909 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Itta Bena Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065213
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15299002
Published In Indianola ...
- The Enterprise-Tocsin (from 195?)
  - Years of publication: 195? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Enterprise-Tocsin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065208
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15273338
- The Indianola Enterprise (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Indianola Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065209
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15273213
- The Sunflower Tocsin (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 195?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sunflower Tocsin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065210
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15298951
Published In McNutt [Leflore County] ...
- The Valley Sentinel (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065373
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15649071
Published In Greenwood [Leflore County] ...
- Commonwealth (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 1976
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065130
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193521
- Delta Flag (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Delta Flag
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15159367
- Greenwood Commonwealth (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenwood Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84020126
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10365695
- Greenwood Daily Commonwealth (from 1919)
  - Years of publication: 1919 to 1926
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenwood Daily Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065131
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193404
- Greenwood Reporter (from 1845)
  - Published during 1845
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenwood Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065138
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15192445
- Greenwood Times (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Greenwood Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065139
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15192529
- The Commonwealth (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065008
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15228428
- The Daily Commonwealth (from 1916)
  - Years of publication: 1916 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15192797
- The Greenwood Commonwealth (from 1976)
  - Years of publication: 1976 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenwood Commonwealth
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065717
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193645
- The Greenwood Enterprise (from 1887)
  - Years of publication: 1887 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenwood Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065134
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15194447
- The Greenwood New Era (from 1894)
  - Published during 1894
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenwood New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065135
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15194655
- The Greenwood News (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to 1918
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenwood News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065136
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15194597
- The Greenwood Oriental (from 1875)
  - Years of publication: 1875 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Greenwood Oriental
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065137
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15159499
- The Morning Star (from 1946)
  - Years of publication: 1946 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Morning Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065140
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15193783
- The Southern Farmer (from 1896)
  - The first year of publication was in 1896, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Southern Farmer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065141
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15159302
- The Valley Sentinel (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Valley Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053982
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14950612
- Yazoo Valley Flag (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1890
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Yazoo Valley Flag
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065142
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15159436
Published In Belzoni [Humphreys County] ...
- Delta Commercial (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Delta Commercial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067180
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17829330
- The Belzoni Banner (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Belzoni Banner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074030
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14516716
- The Belzoni Journal (from 1910)
  - Years of publication: 1910 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Belzoni Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86074034
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14508428
Published In Ruleville ...
- The Ruleville Record (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Ruleville Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065596
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16307612
- The Sunflower Mirror (from 1967)
  - Years of publication: 1967 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sunflower Mirror
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065597
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16307673
Published In Leland [Washington County] ...
- Leland Enterprise (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1944
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Leland Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065329
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15581972
- Leland Progress (from 1944)
  - Years of publication: 1944 to 1990
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Leland Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065330
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15582039
- The Leland Progress (from 199?)
  - Years of publication: 199? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Leland Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93005671
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28726587

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mattoon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mattoon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4512, Longitude: -90.4712 In this case, the coordinates for Mattoon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).