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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Gold Ridge 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 Gold Ridge. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Gold Ridge. Our list contains 59 papers that were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Gold Ridge.

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 Gold Ridge.  

Newspapers Neighboring Gold Ridge ...

The following newspapers were published within 24 miles [38.6 km] of Gold Ridge.

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

  • Published In Pollock Pines  ...
  • 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 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> of Gold Ridge. 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 Gold Ridge
  • Published In Diamond Springs  ...
  • Published In El Dorado  ...
  • Published In Coloma  ...
  • Published In Georgetown  ...
  • 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 Volcano [Amador County] ...
  • Published In Plymouth [Amador County] ...
  • Published In West Point [Calaveras County] ...
    • Upcountry News (from 2001)
    • West Point News (from 19??)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gold Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gold Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7532, Longitude: -120.5683       In this case, the coordinates for Gold Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).