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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alton 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 Alton. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Alton. Our list contains 16 papers that were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1> of Alton.

Newspapers Neighboring Alton ...

The following newspapers were published within 23 miles [37 km] of Alton.

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

  • Published In Montpelier  ...
  • Published In Paris  ...
  • Published In Cokeville [Lincoln County] ...
  • Published In Garden City [Rich County] ...
    • Bear Lake News (from 1983)
    • Rich County News (from 1983)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2274, Longitude: -111.1516       In this case, the coordinates for Alton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).