Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rock Island is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Island. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Rock Island. Our list contains 7 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Rock Island.

Newspapers Neighboring Rock Island ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Rock Island.

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

Published In Marco Island ...
- Marco Island Eagle (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Marco Island Eagle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97066508
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36382059
Published In Naples ...
- Las Naciones News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Las Naciones News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97027765
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36856494
- Naples Times (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Naples Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97027769
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36860934
- Reisefieber (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Reisefieber
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97027766
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36858795
- The Daily News (from 1963)
  - Years of publication: 1963 to 1969
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96027187
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34296134
- The Naples Star (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Naples Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97027768
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36860933
- The Naples Sun (from 1984)
  - Years of publication: 1984 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Naples Sun
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84009884
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10454829

Footnotes ...

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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- Rock Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1126, Longitude: -81.3442 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).