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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Plainfield 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 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Plainfield. In addition, the list contains another 92 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Plainfield. In total, we've identified 95 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Plainfield.

Newspapers Published In Plainfield ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Plainfield:

  • Plainfield Times (from 1877)
  • Sun-News Press (from 1961)
  • The Sun (from 1883)
    • Years of publication:  1883 to 1961
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Sun
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86086025
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13001664

Newspapers Neighboring Plainfield ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Plainfield.

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Plainfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plainfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2141, Longitude: -89.4943       In this case, the coordinates for Plainfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).