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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mariposa 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 24 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mariposa. In addition, the list contains another 12 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mariposa. In total, we've identified 36 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mariposa.

Newspapers Published In Mariposa ...

We know of 24 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Mariposa:

Newspapers Neighboring Mariposa ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Mariposa.

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

  • Published In Mount Bullion  ...
    • The New Era (from 190?)
  • Published In Coulterville  ...
    • Mariposa Miner (from 189?)
      • The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Mariposa Miner
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN96062779
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 34953789
  • Published In Le Grand [Merced County] ...
    • Le Grand Advocate (from 190?)
    • Le Grand News (from 194?)
    • The Advance
  • Published In Planada [Merced County] ...
  • Published In Plainsburg [Merced County] ...
    • The Globe (from 189?)
  • Published In Big Oak Flat [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In Groveland [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In Yosemite Valley  ...
    • The Tourist (from 192?)
    • Yosemite Tourist (from 18??)
  • Published In Chowchilla [Madera County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mariposa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mariposa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4931, Longitude: -119.9728