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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Brea 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 Brea. In addition, the list contains another 61 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Brea. In total, we've identified 64 papers within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Brea.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Brea.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Brea ...

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

  • Brea Star (from 1917)
  • Carbon Canyon Crier (from 196?)
  • The Brea Progress (from 19??)

Newspapers Neighboring Brea ...

The following newspapers were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> of Brea.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brea) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9166, Longitude: -117.9004