Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Jefferson.
Our newspaper information for Jefferson 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 5 papers that were published in the immediate area of Jefferson. In addition, the list contains another 47 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Jefferson. In total, we've identified 52 papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jefferson.
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 Jefferson.
Newspapers Published In Jefferson ...
We know of 5 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Jefferson:
- Jefferson County Republican (from 1860)
- Jefferson Republican (from 186?)
- Jeffersonian (from 1853)
- South Edition Advertiser (from 196?)
- Weekly Jeffersonian (from 1854)
Newspapers Neighboring Jefferson ...
The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jefferson.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Jefferson.
- Published In Fort Atkinson ...
- Daily Jefferson County Union And Fort Daily News (from 1948)
- Daily Jefferson County Union (from 1946)
- Daily Jefferson County Union (from 1969)
- Fort Atkinson News (from 1926)
- Fort Bargains (from 1942)
- The first year of publication was in 1942, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Fort Bargains
- Holdings for: LCCN SN87082828
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16348332
- Jefferson Co. Union (from 1887)
- Jefferson County Democrat (from 1904)
- Jefferson County Union (from 1887)
- Jefferson County Union (from 1887)
- Jefferson County Union (from 1887)
- The Fort Atkinson Chronicle (from 1895)
- The Fort Atkinson Herald (from 1866)
- The Fort Atkinson Standard (from 1859)
- The Fort Daily News (from 1942)
- The Wisconsin Chief (from 1857)
- The Wisconsin State Senator (from 1932)
- Town & Country Reporter (from 1958)
- Published In Lake Mills ...
- Lake Mills Dispatch (from 1867)
- Lake Mills Leader (from 1882)
- Lake Mills Spike (from 1878)
- The Bugle Blast (from 1863)
- The Era (from 1875)
- Years of publication: 1875 to 18??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85041112
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12404131
- Published In Cambridge [Dane County] ...
- The Cambridge Gazette (from 1867)
- The Cambridge News (from 188?)
- Published In Whitewater [Walworth County] ...
- The Chronicle (from 18??)
- The Gazette (from 189?)
- The Weekly Gazette (from 1892)
- The Whitewater Chronicle (from 1879)
- The Whitewater Gazette (from 1899)
- Whitewater Gazette (from 1854)
- Whitewater Press (from 1924)
- Whitewater Register (from 1857)
- [Pudding Stick] (from 1879)
- Published In Deerfield [Dane County] ...
- Deerfield Enterprise (from 1892)
- Deerfield Independent (from 1926)
- Deerfield Tobacco Herald (from 1885)
- The Deerfield News (from 1899)
- The Enterprise-Leader (from 1898)
- Published In Watertown ...
- Harger's Times (from 1878)
- Rock River Pilot (from 1847)
- The Gazette (from 1879)
- The Reveill-E (from 1917)
- The Watertown News (from 1917)
- Watertown Anzeiger (from 1853)
- Watertown Daily Leader (from 1916)
- Watertown Daily Leader (from 1906)
- Watertown Daily Times (from 1895)
- Watertown Democrat (from 1854)
- Watertown Gazette (from 1880)
- Watertown Leader (from 1909)
- Watertown Republican (from 1860)
- Watertown Transcript (from 1859)
- Watertown Tribune (from 1934)
- Watertown Weekly Leader (from 1912)
- Watertown Weekly Leader (from 1906)
- Watertown Weekly Register (from 1853)
- Weekly Watertown Leader (from 1908)
- Published In Palmyra ...
- Palmyra Enterprise (from 1874)
- The Enterprise (from 2001)
- Published In Waterloo ...
- Waterloo Courier (from 1922)
- Waterloo Democrat And Dairyman (from 1897)
- Waterloo Democrat (from 1904)
- Waterloo Democrat (from 1885)
- Waterloo Enterprise (from 1917)
- Waterloo Journal (from 1870)
- Published In Dousman [Waukesha County] ...
- The Dousman Index (from 1949)
- The Weekly Index (from 1907)
- Published In Edgerton [Rock County] ...
- Edgerton Independent (from 1874)
- The Edgerton Reporter (from 1950)
- The Edgerton Union (from 1866)
- The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter (from 1877)
- Published In Milton Junction [Rock County] ...
- Milton Junction News (from 1886)
- The Milton Junction Telephone (from 1927)
- The Milton News (from 1925)
- The Telephone (from 1905)
- Published In Milton [Rock County] ...
- The Milton Express (from 1879)
- The Milton Journal (from 1894)
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- Published In Oconomowoc [Waukesha County] ...
- La Belle Mirror (from 1869)
- Oconomowoc Badger (from 1866)
- Oconomowoc Democrat (from 18??)
- Oconomowoc Free Press (from 1908)
- Oconomowoc Free Press (from 1858)
- Oconomowoc Times (from 1870)
- The Enterprise (from 1900)
- The Free Press (from 1861)
- The Oconomowoc Clarion (from 1933)
- The Oconomowoc Local (from 1874)
- The Oconomowoc Republican (from 189?)
- The Wisconsin Semi-Weekly Free Press (from 1875)
- Townsend House Reporter (from 1875)
- Wisconsin Free Press (from 1875)
- Published In Eagle [Waukesha County] ...
- Eagle Town Crier (from 19??)
- The Eagle Quill (from 1880)
- Published In Lebanon [Dodge County] ...
- Lebanon Leader (from 1988)
- Published In Delafield [Waukesha County] ...
- Young America (from 1859)
- Published In North Prairie [Waukesha County] ...
- North Prairie Gazette (from 1974)
- Published In Stoughton [Dane County] ...
- Gauken (from 1886)
- Years of publication: 1886 to 1890
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Gauken
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85040512
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11899362
- Normannen (from 1890)
- Stoughton Daily Courier-hub (from 1909)
- Stoughton Reporter (from 1863)
- Stoughton Weekly Courier-hub (from 1909)
- Stoughton Weekly Hub (from 1906)
- The Badgerland (from 196?)
- The Courier Hub (from 1979)
- The Hub (from 1881)
- Years of publication: 1881 to 1885
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Hub
- Holdings for: LCCN SN85040377
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 11868036
- The Semi-Weekly Hub (from 1886)
- The Stoughton Courier Hub (from 1981)
- The Stoughton Courier-hub (from 1925)
- The Stoughton Courier (from 1954)
- The Stoughton Courier (from 1876)
- The Stoughton Hub (from 1885)
- The Stoughton Hub (from 1954)
- The Stoughton Independent (from 1857)
- The Stoughton Signal (from 1873)
- Wisconsin Normannen (from 1894)
- Wisconsin Signal (from 1858)
- Published In Hartland [Waukesha County] ...
- News And Dairyman (from 1893)
- The Hartland Index (from 1886)
- The Hartland News (from 1897)
- Published In Janesville [Rock County] ...
- We know of 35 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Janesville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Janesville
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Jefferson. This extended list includes all the papers from Janesville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Jefferson
- Published In McFarland [Dane County] ...
- Dane County Digest (from 1972)
- McFarland Community Life (from 1966)
- New World Finn (from 2000)
- The McFarland Thistle (from 2000)
- Published In Sun Prairie [Dane County] ...
- Dane County Democrat (from 1894)
- Sun Prairie Countryman (from 1882)
- The Countryman (from 1877)
- The Sun Prairie Ledger (from 1868)
- The Sun Prairie Star And The Countryman (from 1944)
- The Sun Prairie Star-Countryman (from 1946)
- The Sun Prairie Star (from 1940)
- The Weekly News (from 1903)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Jefferson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountywi.gov
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jefferson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jefferson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0064, Longitude: -88.8082 In this case, the coordinates for Jefferson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |