Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Modesto.
Our newspaper information for Modesto 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 22 papers that were published in the immediate area of Modesto. In addition, the list contains another 130 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Modesto. In total, we've identified 152 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Modesto.
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 Modesto.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.
Newspapers Published In Modesto ...
We know of 22 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Modesto:
- Daily Evening News (from 1884)
- Modesto Evening News (from 1913)
- Modesto Herald (from 1875)
- Modesto Journal And The Valley Citizen (from 1948)
- Modesto Journal And The Valley Citizen (from 19??)
- Modesto Journal (from 194?)
- Modesto Morning Herald
- Modesto Morning Herald (from 1924)
- Modesto News-Herald (from 1925)
- San Joaquin Valley Mirror (from 1873)
- Stanislaus County Weekly News (from 1872)
- Stanislaus Farmer's Journal (from 1881)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- The Daily Republican (from 1886)
- The Mid-day Sun (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 Mid-day Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98061097
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39971611
- The Modesto Bee And News-Herald (from 1933)
- The Modesto Bee (from 1975)
- The Modesto Herald (from 1922)
- The Modesto News (from 1902)
- The Modesto Tribune (from 19??)
- The Modesto Tribune (from 19??)
- The Stanislaus County News (from 1870)
- Valley Mirror (from 1874)
- The first year of publication was in 1874, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Valley Mirror
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93050964
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27878678
Newspapers Neighboring Modesto ...
The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Modesto.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Modesto.
- Published In Ceres ...
- Ceres Courier (from 19??)
- Published In Empire ...
- Published In Riverbank ...
- Riverbank News Riverbank Review (from 1920)
- Riverbank News (from 1978)
- The Riverbank Review (from 1913)
- Published In Tuolumne City ...
- Tuolumne City News (from 1868)
- Published In Escalon [San Joaquin County] ...
- The Escalon Times (from 1926)
- The Escalon Tribune (from 19??)
- Published In Ripon [San Joaquin County] ...
- The Irrigation Bulletin (from 19??)
- The Ripon Record (from 1912)
- Published In Oakdale ...
- Oakdale Enterprise (from 193?)
- Oakdale Herald (from 1889)
- The first year of publication was in 1889, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Oakdale Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98061099
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39971320
- Oakdale Leader (from 1895)
- Oakdale Weekly Leader (from 188?)
- Stanislaus Wheat-Grower (from 1881)
- The Oakdale Graphic (from 1884)
- Published In Waterford ...
- Stanislaus County Rural Press And Waterford News (from 1938)
- Waterford News (from 19??)
- Published In Denair ...
- The Denair Times (from 1947)
- Published In Turlock ...
- Farmers' Daily Journal (from 1921)
- The Turlock Pioneer (from 188?)
- Turlock Daily Journal And Farmers' Daily Journal (from 1923)
- Turlock Daily Journal (from 1911)
- Turlock Daily Journal (from 1923)
- Turlock Journal (from 1979)
- Turlock Journal (from 19??)
- Turlock Tribune (from 19??)
- Turlock Weekly Journal (from 191?)
- Published In Patterson ...
- The Patterson Irrigator (from 1911)
- Published In Manteca [San Joaquin County] ...
- Manteca Bulletin (from 1917)
- The Manteca News (from 19??)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Published In Hilmar [Merced County] ...
- Hilmar Enterprise (from 1937)
- Hilmar-Irwin Enterprise (from 1929)
- The Hilmar Times (from 19??)
- Published In Delhi [Merced County] ...
- Delhi Bulletin (from 1956)
- Delhi Express (from 1965)
- Delhi Record (from 1924)
- Published In Lathrop [San Joaquin County] ...
- The Sharpeshooter (from 1973)
- Published In Knights Ferry ...
- The Stanislaus Index (from 18??)
- Published In Livingston [Merced County] ...
- Livingston Chronicle And Delhi Bulletin (from 1961)
- Livingston Chronicle (from 1980)
- The Chronicle (from 1981)
- The Livingston Chronicle (from 190?)
- Published In Newman ...
- The Newman Tribune (from 18??)
- The Newman Weekly Register (from 19??)
- The West Side Index (from 18??)
- Published In Stevinson [Merced County] ...
- The Colonist (from 1911)
- The Colony News (from 1911)
- Published In Tracy [San Joaquin County] ...
- The Coordinator (from 19??)
- Tracy Press (from 1898)
- Tracy Weekly Press
- Published In Linden [San Joaquin County] ...
- Lockeford-Clements Post (from 1959)
- The Linden Diamond (from 19??)
- The Linden Herald (from 1959)
- Published In Stockton [San Joaquin County] ...
- We know of 117 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Stockton. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Stockton
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Modesto. This extended list includes all the papers from Stockton. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Modesto.
Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load
- Published In Gustine [Merced County] ...
- The Gustine Press-Standard (from 1995)
- The Gustine Press (from 1985)
- The Gustine Standard (from 1910)
- Published In Winton [Merced County] ...
- Atwater Times (from 1995)
- Atwater's New Times (from 196?)
- Merced County Times (from 19??)
- The Denair Dispatch (from 19??)
- The Modesto Voice (from 1994)
- Waterford News (from 19??)
- Winton Times (from 1964)
- Published In Atwater [Merced County] ...
- Atwater Signal (from 1911)
- Merced County Shopping News (from 1957)
- Published In Copperopolis [Calaveras County] ...
- The Copperopolis Courier (from 1865)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chronicling America
The official website for Modesto: www.ci.modesto.ca.us/
The official website for Stanislaus County: www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Modesto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Modesto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6528, Longitude: -120.9938 |