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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Port Chicago 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 Port Chicago. In addition, the list contains another 73 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Port Chicago. In total, we've identified 74 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Port Chicago.

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 Port Chicago.  

Newspapers Published In Port Chicago ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Port Chicago area:

  • Port Chicago News (from 195?)

Newspapers Neighboring Port Chicago ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of Port Chicago.

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Port Chicago) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Port Chicago. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0483, Longitude: -122.0212