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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for El Dorado 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 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of El Dorado. In addition, the list contains another 88 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded El Dorado. In total, we've identified 89 papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of El Dorado.

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 El Dorado.  

Newspapers Published In El Dorado ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the El Dorado area:

Newspapers Neighboring El Dorado ...

The following newspapers were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of El Dorado.

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

  • Published In Diamond Springs  ...
  • Published In Placerville  ...
    • We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Placerville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Placerville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> of El Dorado. This extended list includes all the papers from Placerville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for El Dorado
  • Published In Coloma  ...
  • Published In Lotus  ...
    • Lotus Press (from 1882)
      • The first year of publication was in 1882, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Lotus Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95062700
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 33253187
  • Published In Plymouth [Amador County] ...
  • Published In Georgetown  ...
  • Published In Pollock Pines  ...
  • Published In Folsom [Sacramento County] ...
  • Published In Granite Bay [Placer County] ...
  • Published In Auburn [Placer County] ...

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- El Dorado) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in El Dorado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6822, Longitude: -120.8470