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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Mancos 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 2 papers that were published in the immediate area of Mancos. In addition, the list contains another 52 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Mancos. In total, we've identified 54 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mancos.

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 Mancos.  

Newspapers Published In Mancos ...

The following newspapers have been published in the immediate area of Mancos:

Newspapers Neighboring Mancos ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mancos.

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

  • Published In Dolores  ...
    • The Dolores Star (from 1901)
    • The Silver Star (from 1897)
  • Published In Cortez  ...
  • 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
  • Published In Durango [La Plata County] ...
    • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Durango. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Durango
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Mancos. This extended list includes all the papers from Durango. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Mancos
  • Published In Towaoc  ...
  • Published In Rico [Dolores County] ...
    • Rico News-Record (from 1886)
    • Rico Record (from 1883)
    • The Rico Clipper (from 1882)
      • The first year of publication was in 1882, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Rico Clipper
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90051160
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21254400
    • The Rico Democrat (from 1891)
    • The Rico Item (from 19??)
    • The Rico News-Sun (from 1896)
    • The Rico News (from 18??)
    • The Rico News (from 1901)
    • The Rico Sun (from 1891)
    • The Rico Weekly Sun (from 1891)
    • The Rico-Dove Creek News (from 1933)

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 from Point A (ie- Mancos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mancos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3465, Longitude: -108.2937       In this case, the coordinates for Mancos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).