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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Polk Inlet is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Polk Inlet. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Polk Inlet. Our list contains 3 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Polk Inlet.

Newspapers Neighboring Polk Inlet ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Polk Inlet.

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

  • Published In Hydaburg [Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area] ...
    • The New Native (from 1919)
  • Published In Thorne Bay [Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area] ...
  • Published In Craig [Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area] ...

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Polk Inlet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Polk Inlet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.3497, Longitude: -132.5458       In this case, the coordinates for Polk Inlet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).