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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Shafter 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 4 papers that were published in the immediate area of Shafter. In addition, the list contains another 99 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Shafter. In total, we've identified 103 papers within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Shafter.

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 Shafter.  

Newspapers Published In Shafter ...

We know of 4 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Shafter:

Newspapers Neighboring Shafter ...

The following newspapers were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Shafter.

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

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- Shafter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shafter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5027, Longitude: -119.2766