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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Melones 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 Melones. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Melones. Our list contains 50 papers that were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Melones.

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 Melones.  

Newspapers Neighboring Melones ...

The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km] of Melones.

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

  • Published In Columbia [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In Jamestown [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In Sonora [Tuolumne County] ...
    • We know of 28 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sonora. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Sonora
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of Melones. This extended list includes all the papers from Sonora. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Melones
  • Published In Copperopolis  ...
    • The Copperopolis Courier (from 1865)
  • Published In Chinese Camp [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In Twain Harte [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In San Andreas  ...
  • Published In Knights Ferry [Stanislaus County] ...
  • Published In Big Oak Flat [Tuolumne County] ...
  • Published In Groveland [Tuolumne 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Melones) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melones. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0120, Longitude: -120.4982       In this case, the coordinates for Melones have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).