Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Republican News/Republican Publishing

— The Mount Vernon Historic Walking Tour —

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 25, 2024

1. The Republican News/Republican Publishing Marker

Inscription. Mount Vernon has been home to at least nine newspapers over the last two hundred years, including five that had the word “Republican” in the name.

The Republican Newspaper was founded by William H. Cochran in 1898. Typical daily papers in the early 1900s, it included articles, obituaries, and advertisements. Articles were published about the flood of 1913, the death of Daniel Decatur Emmett, and many others about economics and farming.

The newspaper's owner also published a semi-weekly paper, The Knox County Republican News.

In the mid-1930s The Republican News purchased and merged with its main rival newspaper and became The Mount Vernon News.

Erected by Mount Vernon elementary students.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 40° 23.553′ N, 82° 29.075′ W. Marker is in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in Knox County. It is at the intersection of East Vine Street and South Gay Street, on the right when traveling east on East Vine Street. Marker is mounted on a traffic sign post in front of The Mount Vernon News building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18 E Vine St, Mount Vernon OH 43050, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Snowden Family (within shouting distance of this marker); Woodward Opera House (within shouting distance of this marker); A Keystone (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cooper Fountain (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wolff House (about 400 feet away); Knox County Veterans Walk of Honor (about 500 feet away); Civil War Monument (about 500 feet away); Mary Ann Ball (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Vernon.

Also see . . .
1. Historic Mount Vernon Walking Tour ~ 503 ~ Republican News. Short video, created by gifted students in several Mount Vernon elementary schools, about the various newspapers in their town's history. (Uploaded by Mark Bohland, May 28, 2015) (Submitted on May 31, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Civil War Era Newspapers of Mount Vernon. Almost 1,000 issues of The Mount Vernon Democratic Banner and The Mount Vernon Republican from 1850-1865 have been digitized and posted online. (The Public Library of Mount Vernon via Ohio Memory) (Submitted on May 31, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

3. Historic Mount Vernon Walking Tour. Home page for the tour, created by gifted students in Mount Vernon's elementary

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 25, 2024

2. The Republican News/Republican Publishing Marker

schools. (Submitted on May 31, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 279 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 31, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.