Newspapers in Champaign County, Illinois

There were no newspapers published in the present day county prior to 1852. Prior to 1852, the Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, newspaper was used for legal and official publications.
 
The Illinois Newspaper Project has a list of all the Champaign County newspapers they have been able to identify. It can be found here.
 
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library has listed all of the newspapers in their microfilm collection, including those from Champaign County. The list can be found here. 
 
The Champaign County Historical Archives has microfilm copies of the Champaign County newspapers listed below. These microfilms do not circulate.
  • Air Puffs. Chanute Field. 1918.
  • Alien Nation. 1978.
  • Broadlands News. 1946-1972.
  • Central Illinois Gazette. 1858-1862,'1864-1866.
  • Champaign County Democrat, Urbana. 1861-1862.
  • Champaign County Democrat, Champaign. 1899-1900.
  • Champaign County Gazette, Champaign. 1869-1907.
  • Champaign County Herald. 1878-1899.
  • Champaign County News. 1891-1917.
  • Champaign County Patriot. 1862-1863.
  • Champaign County Union. 1861-1862.
  • Champaign County Union and Gazette. 1863.
  • Champaign Daily Gazette. 1883-1919.
  • Champaign Daily News. 1895-1919.
  • Champaign News-Gazette. 1919-current.
  • Champaign News Gazette--Photo Negatives. 1974-1992. (UIUC Holdings, 1939-1964)
  • Champaign Times. 1875-1914.
  • Champaign Union. 1867, 1872, 1879.
  • Champaign-Urbana Thursday. 1983-1984.
  • Champaign-Urbana Weekly. 1979-1983.
  • Chanute Field Wings. 1941-1950.
  • County Star. 1979-current.
  • Daily lllini. 1907-current.
  • Evening Courier.
  • Fisher News. 1914-1915.
  • Fisher Reporter. 1900-current.
  • Gazette and Union. 1868-1869.
  • Homer Chamilion. 1955-1958.
  • Homer Enterprise. 1888-1980.
  • Homer Herald. 1954-1955.
  • Homer Journal. 1866-1867.
  • Illinois Democrat. 1867-1870.
  • Illinois Times. 1949-1965.
  • Independent. 1937-1940.
  • Ivesdale News. 1908-1913, 1939-1941.
  • Leader. 1979-current.
  • Mahomet Citizen. 1975-current.
  • Mahomet Sucker State. 1911-1974.
  • Mid-west Farmer. 1929-1931.
  • Ogden Courier. 1918-1980.
  • Our Constitution. 1856-1859.
  • Pesotum Chief. 1914-1918.
  • Pesotum Tribune. 1909-1910.
  • Philo Pilot. 1909-1911.
  • Psychedelic Boneyard. 1981.
  • Rantoul Press. 1926, 1969-current.
  • Rantoul Press and Chanute Field News. 1927-1969.
  • Rantoul Weekly Press. 1904-1926.
  • Sadorus Herald. 1932-1933.
  • Saturday Visitor. 1866.
  • Sidney By-way. 1886-1905.
  • Sidney Times. 1906-1972.
  • Sirkus Siren. 1908.
  • Southside Journal. Tolono. 1957-1979.
  • Southern Champaign County Today. 1972-current
  • St. Joseph Record. 1894-1922.
  • Tolono Herald . 1875-1952.
  • Twin City Review. 1920-1929.
  • U.S.Air Corps News. 1926.
  • Union and Gazette. 1866-1868.
  • Urbana Clarion. 1859-1860.
  • Urbana Courier
  • Urbana Weekly Courier. 1894-1905
  • Urbana Daily Courier. 1897-1905
  • Urbana Courier-Herald. 1905-1915
  • Urbana Daily Courier. 1915-1934
  • Urbana Courier. 1934
  • Evening Courier. 1935-1946
  • Champaign-Urbana Courier. 1947-1971
  • Courier. 1971-1978
  • Morning Courier. 1978-1979
  • Urbana High School Echo. 1915-1993.
  • Urbana Union. 1853-1858.
  • Weekly Broadside. 1982.
  • Wings. 1952-1973.