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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Freeport 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 38 papers that were published in the immediate area of Freeport. In addition, the list contains another 63 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Freeport. In total, we've identified 101 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Freeport.

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 Freeport.  

Newspapers Published In Freeport ...

We know of 38 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Freeport:

Newspapers Neighboring Freeport ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Freeport.

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Freeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2895, Longitude: -89.6355       In this case, the coordinates for Freeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).