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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rocky Ford 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 12 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Ford. In addition, the list contains another 15 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rocky Ford. In total, we've identified 27 papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Rocky Ford.

Newspapers Published In Rocky Ford ...

We know of 12 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rocky Ford:

Newspapers Neighboring Rocky Ford ...

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

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

  • Published In Manzanola  ...
  • Published In Sugar City [Crowley County] ...
  • Published In La Junta  ...
  • Published In Fowler  ...
  • Published In Arlington [Kiowa County] ...
  • Published In Las Animas [Bent County] ...

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- Rocky Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1012, Longitude: -103.7337       In this case, the coordinates for Rocky Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).