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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Urbana 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 54 papers that were published in the immediate area of Urbana. In addition, the list contains another 35 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Urbana. In total, we've identified 89 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Urbana.

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 Urbana.  

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

Newspapers Published In Urbana ...

We know of 54 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Urbana:

Newspapers Neighboring Urbana ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Urbana.

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

  • Published In Mechanicsburg  ...
  • Published In West Liberty [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Saint Paris  ...
  • Published In North Lewisburg  ...
  • Published In Springfield [Clark County] ...
    • We know of 138 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Springfield. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Springfield
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Urbana. This extended list includes all the papers from Springfield. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Urbana.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In Woodstock  ...
    • The Rush Light (from 1908)
    • The Rushlight (from 1908)
  • Published In De Graff [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Bellefontaine [Logan County] ...
    • We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Bellefontaine. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Bellefontaine
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Urbana. This extended list includes all the papers from Bellefontaine. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Urbana.

      Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
  • Published In East Liberty [Logan County] ...
  • Published In Milford Center [Union County] ...
    • Milford Center Ohioan (from 18??)
    • The Ohioan (from 1888)
  • Published In Quincy [Logan County] ...

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- Urbana) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Urbana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1080, Longitude: -83.7525