Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Pekin 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 Pekin. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Pekin. Our list contains 61 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Pekin.

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 Pekin.

Newspapers Neighboring Pekin ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Pekin.

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

Published In Carthage [Smith County] ...
- We know of 29 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Carthage. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Carthage
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Pekin. This extended list includes all the papers from Carthage. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Pekin
Published In Cookeville ...
- Cookeville Herald-Citizen (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1972
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cookeville Herald-Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069673
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38452089
- Cookeville Times (from 185?)
  - Years of publication: 185? to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Cookeville Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069671
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38449908
- Dispatch (from 1965)
  - Years of publication: 1965 to 1994
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85000693
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11731024
- Herald-Citizen (from 1972)
  - Years of publication: 1972 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Herald-Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84006719
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11501842
- Putnam County Herald And Upper Cumberland News (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Putnam County Herald And Upper Cumberland News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058135
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19075855
- Putnam County Herald (from 192?)
  - Years of publication: 192? to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Putnam County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058132
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19075605
- Putnam County Herald (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1922
  - Issues available online: 562
  - Scanned issues: January 5, 1911 to December 22, 1921
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Putnam County Herald
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89058133
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19075655
- Tennessee Pictorial Dispatch (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to 1965
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tennessee Pictorial Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069672
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38450000
- The Citizen (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069666
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38449786
- The Citizen (from 1954)
  - Years of publication: 1954 to 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058131
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19075466
- The Cookeville Chronicle (from 1877)
  - Years of publication: 1877 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cookeville Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN00063971
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 44421239
- The Cookeville Citizen (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cookeville Citizen
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83025709
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9750471
- The Cookeville Courier (from 1891)
  - The first year of publication was in 1891, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cookeville Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069670
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38449857
- The Cookeville Free Press (from 1963)
  - Published during 1963
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cookeville Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069668
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38449796
- The Cookeville News (from 186?)
  - Years of publication: 186? to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cookeville News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033391
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11934996
- The Cookeville Press (from 188?)
  - Years of publication: 188? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cookeville Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069669
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38449829
- The Middle Tennesseean (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1876
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Middle Tennesseean
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86053409
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13620876
- The Semi-Weekly Putnam County Herald (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Semi-Weekly Putnam County Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058134
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19075770
- Upper Cumberland News (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1927
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Upper Cumberland News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069667
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 38450181
Published In Gainesboro [Jackson County] ...
- J C Gainesboro Times (from 1970)
  - Years of publication: 1970 to 1977
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the J C Gainesboro Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069927
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40770982
- Jackson County Sentinel (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to current
  - Issues available online: 320
  - Scanned issues: January 14, 1916 to December 21, 1922
  - Catalog of available issues online
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card: Jackson County Sentinel
  - Holdings: LCCN SN89058098
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19045264
- Jackson County Times (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Jackson County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069928
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40771007
- News Chronicle (from 1977)
  - Years of publication: 1977 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the News Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069922
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40707716
- The Gainesboro Press (from 189?)
  - Published during 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gainesboro Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058099
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19045316
- The Gainesboro Sentinel (from 1898)
  - Years of publication: 1898 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Gainesboro Sentinel
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058097
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19045146
- The Jackson County News (from 1873)
  - Years of publication: 1873 to 1874
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Jackson County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85033422
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11961078
- The Upper Cumberland (from 1880)
  - Years of publication: 1880 to 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Upper Cumberland
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058100
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19045369
- Transit (from 188?)
  - Published during 188?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Transit
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89058101
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 19045518
Published In Smithville [DeKalb County] ...
- DeKalb County Star (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 1981
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the DeKalb County Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99065786
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41186330
- The Highland Sun (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Highland Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2004062330
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 57120725
- The Middle Tennessee Times (from 1999)
  - Years of publication: 1999 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Middle Tennessee Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2001062225
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 46350734
- The Star (from 1981)
  - Years of publication: 1981 to 198?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99065787
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41186326

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Putnam County: www.putnamcountytn.gov/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Pekin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1814, Longitude: -85.7569 In this case, the coordinates for Pekin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).