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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Cortez 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 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of Cortez. In addition, the list contains another 6 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Cortez. In total, we've identified 14 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Cortez.

Newspapers Published In Cortez ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Cortez:

Newspapers Neighboring Cortez ...

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

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

  • Published In Dolores  ...
    • The Dolores Star (from 1901)
    • The Silver Star (from 1897)
  • Published In Towaoc  ...
  • Published In Mancos  ...
  • Published In Fort Lewis [La Plata County] ...
    • The Outlook (from 1895)
      • The first year of publication was in 1895, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Outlook
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN91052537
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 23667304

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cortez) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cortez. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3498, Longitude: -108.5769       In this case, the coordinates for Cortez have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).