The ''Courtland Journal'' is a local
newspaper
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in
Courtland, Kansas
Courtland is a city in Republic County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 294.
History
The first settlement was made at Courtland in 1885. A post office was opened in Prospect (an extinct town) in ...
. It is published weekly on Thursdays and reports a circulation of 548. The paper was started under the name ''The Comet'' in 1903. It was sold to Francis Borin in 1915 and moved to Courtland where it was renamed ''The Courtland Journal''. It has published continuously ever since.
In the early years of the paper, it was not uncommon for the paper to publish local church information including sermon topics. The paper also published multiple articles of historical value according to the Kansas State Historical Society. At times, articles and letters to the editor are reprinted in other papers such as the
Belleville Telescope.
References
External links
The Courtland Journal online archives
Newspapers published in Kansas
Republic County, Kansas
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